Olympic champion Flora Duffy from Bermuda won the women’s race at the Hamburg Triathlon. Lisa Tertsch was third as the best German. Hayden Wilde from New Zealand won the men’s race. This afternoon the mixed relays will start over the Olympic distance.
Laura Lindemann had to settle for fifth place after exactly 59 minutes at the fourth of seven stages in the World Championship series in the Hanseatic city. Last year, the woman from Potsdam won the women’s race thanks to a strong final sprint and triumphed a day later with the German mixed team. The two-time European champion had complained about back pain the previous days. Her start was still questionable on Wednesday.
Duffy wins despite time penalty
On Saturday it was Duffy who overtook Beth Potter (58:43) from Great Britain with a strong finish after swimming 750 meters, cycling 20 kilometers and running five kilometers and was the first to cross the finish line on Hamburg’s Rathausmarkt after 58:37 minutes. Even a ten-second time penalty for jumping starts while swimming couldn’t stop Duffy.
Tertsch: “All the pieces of the puzzle fit together today”
The surprise of the day, however, was Tertsch (58:53), who rewarded herself for a courageous race and celebrated the greatest success of her triathlon career so far. “It kept coming up in training because running is my strength. Now I’m always ahead in swimming, too,” said the 23-year-old Harvard student from Darmstadt. “Today all the pieces of the puzzle finally fit together.” Anabel Knoll (59:03) from Nuremberg rounded off the strong German final result with her sixth place.
Time schedule
Triathlon in Hamburg, professionals and everyone
Sunday:
6.30 a.m. Start Olympic distance
3 p.m. – 4.20 p.m. Elite Mixed Team Relay (live on Sportschau.de)
In the men’s category, New Zealand’s Olympic bronze medalist Hayden Wilde triumphed in 53:10 ahead of Matthew Hauser from Australia (53:13). Third place went to the Moroccan Jawad Abdelmoula (53:26). Lasse Lührs (53:43) finished tenth as the best German, Valentin Wernz (54:05) was 20th, Jonas Schomburg (54:12) was 23rd.
“I didn’t have such a great day, I really had to fight today. But I’m happy about tenth place,” said Lührs, who opted for the mixed relay this Sunday over the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) calculates a lot: “We were first in Leeds, we want to repeat that.”
Thousands of spectators along the route
Around 9,000 athletes have registered for the amateur competitions over the various distances. The organizers are hoping for a total of 300,000 spectators. On Saturday, thousands lined the route, cheering on amateurs and professionals alike.
In 2023 it’s about the mixed world title again
With the swimming course in the Binnenalster, the cycling and running course, which largely leads through the city, and the finish on the Rathausmarkt, the Hamburg Triathlon offers athletes and spectators a special atmosphere. “There is no event that stages the city center as a sports arena in a comparable way,” said Hamburg’s Interior and Sports Senator Andy Grote. “The triathlon stands out a bit in a very exciting summer of sport.”
This should certainly apply to 2023 when, among other things, the world championship title in the mixed relay competition (July 13th to 16th) will be awarded in the Elbe metropolis.
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Hamburg Journal | 09.07.2022 | 19:30 o’clock
