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
DSQ.	Vladimir Turbayevskiy	RUS	DSQ
DSQ.	Stanislavs Vaipans	LAT	DSQ
DSQ.	Miguel Cassiano	POR	DSQ
DSQ.	Colin O'Brady	USA	DSQ
DNF.	Temirlan Temirov	KAZ	DNF
DNF.	Max Biewer	LUX	DNF
DNF.	Shachar Sagiv	ISR	DNF
DNF.	Viktors Zigarkovs	LAT	DNF
DNF.	Greg Turner	GBR	DNF

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