Russian double in Tartu as Turbayevskiy and Shulgina sprint to gold

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By David Peddie | 13 Jul, 2014

Arina Shulgina and Vladimir Turbayevskiy claimed a golden double for Russia at the ETU European Sprint Triathlon Cup in Tartu, Estonia.

Shulgina’s victory was her second European win of 2014 and set the tone for a dominant Russian performance. Irina Abysova picked up another medal for the Federation with third place in the Women’s race.

Germany’s Lisa Sieburger was sandwiched on the podium between the two Russians in second place, her second successive silver medal finish after her performance in Kiev towards the end of last month.

In the Men’s race, Turbayevskiy timed his sprint to perfection as he stormed home on the final lap to claim his first victory of the season. It was tough on young Australian athlete Luke Willian, who led for most of this race but eventually had to settle for silver.

Valentin Meshcheryakov (KAZ) claimed a European bronze medal for Kazakhstan to complete the men’s podium.

Related Event: 2014 Tartu ETU Sprint Triathlon European Cup

13 Jul, 2014 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Luke Willian	AUS	00:58:49
2.	Valentin Mechsheryakov	KAZ	00:59:05
3.	Giulio Molinari	ITA	00:59:12
4.	Stefan Zachäus	LUX	00:59:15
5.	Ron Darmon	ISR	00:59:25
6.	Daniel Hofer	ITA	00:59:32
7.	Casper Stenderup Korch	DEN	00:59:39
8.	Patrick Rhyner	SUI	00:59:42
9.	Aymeric Petel	FRA	00:59:48
DSQ.	Vladimir Turbayevskiy	RUS	DSQ

Results: Elite Women
1.	Arina Shulgina	KAZ	01:06:12
2.	Lisa Sieburger	GER	01:06:41
3.	Irina Abysova	RUS	01:06:55
4.	Inna Ryzhykh	UKR	01:07:12
5.	Anel Radford	RSA	01:07:16
6.	Veronica Signorini	ITA	01:08:19
7.	Kaidi Kivioja	EST	01:08:41
8.	Asa Annerstedt	SWE	01:09:00
9.	Sarah Lester	AUS	01:09:21
10.	Olga Agapova	RUS	01:09:43