In
the elite women's competition Dominique Donner and
up and coming junior Anelle Rabie exited the water
in first place in a time of 19:52. Megan Hall of New
Zealand was in third place, with Trudi Saunders, winner
of the recent Club Mykonos International Triathlon
in fourth.
Donner
took charge on the bike, putting almost two minutes
on her challengers, which was enough of a lead for
her to cruise to the finish. A strong run from Megan
Hall (41:30) moved her into second. Saunders was third.
The
men's event had Conrad Stoltz's name all over it.
A group including Stoltz, and South African teammates
and brothers Brad and Carl Strom exited the water
first and stayed together on the bike. On the run,
Stoltz took control to post a 35:28 split - the second
fastest of the day. Brad Storm took advantage of the
lead on the bike and hung on for second, while South
African Raynard Tissink posted the fastest run of
the day to take the last step on the podium.
The
competition consisted of a 1.5km swim in 19oC water,
a 3-lap 40km bike and a 4 lap, 10km run. Air temperature
during the bike and run was 27.4oC.
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