Camilla Pedersen (DEN) no doubt claimed the comeback story of the year. Late in 2013, the Danish athlete endured a training accident on her bike that required her to be in an induced coma for a month with doctors doubting the eventual outcome.
But with an abominable will, Pederson defied the odds and made a full recovery. Despite it all, she somehow found the energy to begin training again after her brush with death.
Almost a year to the day of her accident, Pederson not only competed in, but clenched her first world title in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Weihai, China.
“It is one year since my bad accident. I have come back and I am speechless,” said Pedersen after the race.
WOW what a day, what a year!
Related Event: 2014 Weihai ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
Results: Elite Men | |||
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1. | Bertrand Billard | FRA | 05:09:09 |
2. | Sylvain Sudrie | FRA | 05:11:50 |
3. | Cyril Viennot | FRA | 05:15:34 |
4. | Graham O'grady | NZL | 05:17:53 |
5. | Craig Alexander | AUS | 05:20:45 |
6. | Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias | ESP | 05:21:53 |
7. | Rasmus Petræus | DEN | 05:22:09 |
8. | Samuel Betten | AUS | 05:23:26 |
9. | Antony Costes | FRA | 05:24:24 |
10. | Nikolay Yaroshenko | AIN | 05:25:41 |
Results: Elite Women | |||
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1. | Camilla Pedersen | DEN | 05:43:31 |
2. | Kaisa Lehtonen | FIN | 05:47:47 |
3. | Andrea Hansen | NZL | 05:54:29 |
4. | Ewa Bugdol | POL | 05:58:49 |
5. | Eva Potuckova | CZE | 06:00:44 |
6. | Laura Bennett | USA | 06:02:55 |
7. | Vanessa Gianinni | BRA | 06:05:40 |
8. | Natsumi Higashi | JPN | 06:34:14 |
9. | Gurutze Frades Larralde | ESP | 06:34:25 |
10. | Yasuko Miyazaki | JPN | 06:41:04 |
Results: 18-19 Female AG | |||
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1. | Emma Langley | USA | 07:11:43 |
Results: 20-24 Male AG | |||
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1. | Ryan Waddington | AUS | 05:36:50 |
2. | Guillaume Lecallier | FRA | 05:56:03 |
3. | Takaaki Hiraoka | JPN | 06:21:36 |
4. | Pengcheng Li | CHN | 06:30:21 |
5. | Ryosuke Otsuka | JPN | 06:35:22 |
6. | Ben Coventry | AUS | 06:39:23 |
7. | Yusuke Kobayashi | JPN | 06:57:37 |
8. | Yeerjianati Baolati | CHN | 07:10:13 |
9. | Ryo Sagara | JPN | 07:20:17 |
10. | Adam Palmer | NZL | 07:21:50 |
Results: 20-24 Female AG | |||
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1. | Daniela Kaminska | POL | 06:58:11 |
2. | Claire Johnstone | CAN | 07:32:27 |
DNF. | Jade Winter | NZL | DNF |
Results: 25-29 Male AG | |||
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1. | Craig Davis | AUS | 05:42:55 |
2. | Grant Wilesmith | RSA | 06:21:00 |
3. | Tim Glinski | USA | 06:24:55 |
4. | Alexandru Diaconu | ROU | 06:31:10 |
5. | Stephen Morriss | NZL | 06:44:01 |
6. | Ryuuya Kidokoro | JPN | 06:49:49 |
7. | Akhil Viz | GIB | 06:54:56 |
8. | Daniel Coombes | NZL | 07:03:05 |
9. | Nicholas Guz | AUS | 07:03:33 |
10. | Biao Wang | CHN | 07:06:57 |