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World Class Field Tests Triathlon Olympic Course

By World Triathlon Admin | 15 Sep, 2005

Beijing, China: For immediate release: Six days after the 2005 Gamagori ITU Triathlon World Championships took place in Japan, most of the best triathletes in the world have gathered near the Ming Tombs north of Beijing for the OSIM Beijing ITU World Cup Triathlon.

The 2 lap - 1.5km swim, 6 lap – 40km cycle and 3 lap – 10km run will take place around the Shisanling Reservoir, located in the Changping District of Beijing which is famous as the location of the Great Wall of China.

It is fitting that both bronze medalists from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Magali diMarco-Messmer of Switzerland and Jan Rehula of the Czech Republic, are on the start list as ITU celebrates the 5th anniversary of Triathlon’s debut on the Olympic Programme. 

USA Teammates Sheila Taormina, the 2004 World Champion, and Susan William, the bronze medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games Triathlon, have both announced that the Beijing World Cup will be their last Triathlon as both will retire following Saturday’s competition.

Action on the women’s side will feature a rematch between the current World Cup leader Annabel Luxford of Australia and Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal.  Fernandes came up short last weekend at the World Championships as Luxford placed second behind country-mate Emma Snowsill.

In the men’s event the depth of the field makes it difficult to make a prediction, with most of the top men in the world on the start line including World #1 Hunter Kemper of the USA, World #3 Reto Hug of Switzerland, World #4 Tim Don of Great Britain and World #6 Matt Reed of the USA.
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The elite men kick off the action at 9:00am China time, 2.00am London, 21:00pm New York, 18:00pm Vancouver and 11:00am Sydney.  The elite women’s race will start at 12:30pm (China time).

The ITU website, www.triathlon.org will feature live coverage including results, splits, photos and text updates.

Related Event: 2005 Beijing ITU Triathlon World Cup
17 Sep, 2005 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
DNS. Vladimir Turbayevskiy RUS DNS
DNS. Peter Robertson AUS DNS
DNS. Joao Cavaleiro POR DNS
DNS. Eligio Cervantes Islas MEX DNS
DNF. Raymond Lotz NED DNF
DNF. Didier Brocard SUI DNF
DNF. Reto Hug SUI DNF
DNF. Martin Krnavek CZE DNF
DNF. Volodymyr Polikarpenko UKR DNF
DNF. Sven Riederer SUI DNF
Results: Elite Women
1. Vanessa Fernandes POR 02:01:35
2. Sheila Taormina USA 02:03:19
DNF. Vendula Frintova CZE DNF
DNF. Ana Burgos Acuña ESP DNF
DNF. Lihong Chen CHN DNF
DNF. Magali Di Marco Messmer SUI DNF
DNF. Eva Dollinger AUT DNF
DNF. Carmel Hanly NZL DNF
DNF. Keiko Tanaka JPN DNF
DNF. Annabel Luxford AUS DNF
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