Ilona Hadhoum from France was crowned champion in the sprint at the Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg on Thursday (07/13/2023). The German Johanna Uherek celebrated fourth place.
Hadhoum laid the foundation for her success in the water, swimming 500 meters, cycling 20 kilometers and running 5 kilometers. In the end she crossed the blue carpet in a strong 56.47 minutes and was even able to carry a French flag across the blue carpet.
Seven seconds lead
At the end of the day, the Mexican Jimena Renata De la Pena Schott was quite close behind her, seven seconds short of the gold medal. Another eight seconds later, Hadhoum’s compatriot Manon Laporte was on the podium, followed by Uherek, who ended her three-way battle despite fourth place with a happy laugh and raised hands.
Hadhoum then said: “It’s a great success for me. Swimming is my strongest discipline, so of course it hurt last year that this discipline was missing and we only had a duathlon. I was seventh there, now I was able to put things right again.”
“I’m completely happy”
Second-placed Mexican De la Pena Schott was also happy: “I tried to stay in the top group. I’m completely happy with silver here.”