The ITU Triathlon World Championship Grand Final was held in Budapest the past weekend. South African Elite athletes performed great in the race and four placed in the top 50. Kate Roberts finished in the top 12 of the Women’s Elite race and the 27-year-old is current ranked 7th. In the men’s race Hendrik de Villiers placed in the top 25 and is ranked as 66th. Erhard Wolfaardt placed in the top 30, while Claud Eksteen placed in the top 50. With these great results, the athletes are developing the sport and creating an interest in triathlon that is needed in Africa.
Related Event: 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU Triathlon World Championship Grand Final Budapest
08 - Sep, 2010 • event page • all results
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DNF. | Szandra Szalay | HUN | DNF |
| DNF. | Lydia Waldmüller | AUT | DNF |
| DNF. | Carla Moreno | BRA | DNF |
| DNF. | Helle Frederiksen | DEN | DNF |
| DNF. | Annabel Luxford | AUS | DNF |
| DNF. | Erin Densham | AUS | DNF |
| DNF. | Maria Czesnik | POL | DNF |
| DNF. | Irina Kirchler | AUT | DNF |
| DNF. | Yi Zhang | CHN | DNF |
| DNF. | Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova | RUS | DNF |
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alistair Brownlee | GBR | 01:42:26 |
| DSQ. | Oliver Freeman | GBR | DSQ |
| DNF. | Jan Celustka | CZE | DNF |
| DNF. | Andriy Glushchenko | UKR | DNF |
| DNF. | Csaba Rendes | HUN | DNF |
| DNF. | Daniel Unger | GER | DNF |
| DNF. | Balázs Pocsai | HUN | DNF |
| DNF. | Kris Gemmell | NZL | DNF |
| DNF. | Ben Pattle | NZL | DNF |
| DNF. | Tim Don | GBR | DNF |
| Results: U23 Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jonathan Brownlee | GBR | 01:44:24 |
| DSQ. | Yegor Martynenko | UKR | DSQ |
| DNF. | Ivan Lo Ching Hin | HKG | DNF |
| DNF. | Johan Sandberg | SWE | DNF |
| DNF. | Mario Mola | ESP | DNF |
| DNF. | Carlos Arcadia Vargas | MEX | DNF |
| DNF. | Amit Fein | ISR | DNF |
| DNF. | Pedro Palma | POR | DNF |
| DNF. | Evert Scheltinga | NED | DNF |
| DNF. | Samuli Keisu | FIN | DNF |
| Results: U23 Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DNF. | Gili Richman | ISR | DNF |
| DNF. | Agnieszka Cieslak | POL | DNF |
| DNF. | Barbara Clemente | POR | DNF |
| DNF. | Sarissa De Vries | NED | DNF |
| DNF. | Hee Ju Kim | KOR | DNF |
| DNF. | Katerina Lhotova | CZE | DNF |
| DNF. | Charlotte Morel | FRA | DNF |
| DNF. | Claudia Rivas | MEX | DNF |
| DNF. | Diana Vizcarra Montes | ECU | DNF |
| DNF. | Alexandra Tondeur | BEL | DNF |
| Results: Junior Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fernando Alarza | ESP | 00:52:15 |
| 2. | Thomas Bishop | GBR | 00:52:17 |
| 3. | Kevin McDowell | USA | 00:52:22 |
| 4. | Lukas Verzbicas | USA | 00:52:36 |
| DSQ. | Lukas Kocar | CZE | DSQ |
| DSQ. | Rafal Gajewski | POL | DSQ |
| DNF. | Allyson Tonelly Lde Queiroz | PAR | DNF |
| DNF. | Jarno Lehtinen | FIN | DNF |
| DNF. | Ryan Denman Gunn | BER | DNF |
| DNF. | Kais Baccour | TUN | DNF |
| Results: Junior Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ashleigh Gentle | AUS | 00:57:47 |
| 2. | Charlotte Bauer | GER | 00:58:52 |
| 3. | Joanna Brown | CAN | 00:59:07 |
| 4. | Kelly Whitley | USA | 00:59:20 |
| 5. | Yuka Sato | JPN | 00:59:29 |
| 6. | Neiske Becks | NED | 00:59:34 |
| 7. | Tanelle Berard | USA | 00:59:46 |
| 8. | Theresa Baumgartel | GER | 00:59:50 |
| 9. | Amy Roberts | AUS | 00:59:51 |
| 10. | Annika Vössing | GER | 00:59:55 |
