Megumi Shegaki (JPN), Dimitry Gaag (KAZ) Win Amakusa ITU International Triathlon
Dimitry Gaag (KAZ), current ITU World Cup standings leader, outran teammate Danyl Sapunov (KAZ) for the win in the June 20th Amakusa ITU International Triathlon. Gaag finished in a time of 1: 51:12, 24 seconds ahed of Sapunov. The podium was completed by Japan's Yuichi Hosada, who was the leader off the bike.
In the women's event Megumi Shigaki (JPN) had the fastest run split of the day and finished in a time of 2:04:57; Ai Ueda (JPN) was 49 seconds back and Jane Kargotich (AUS) fiished third with a strong run.
Complete results are now available on www.triathlon.org
Dimitry Gaag (KAZ)
New York ITU International Event - June 27
The New York ITU International Triathlon is on this weekend. The event, located in New York's famous Central Park, features a 1 lap point to point swim in teh hudson river, a one lap bike on the West Side Highway and a 3 lap run through Central Park.Watch for the start list this week on www.triathlon.org
The following is an excerpt from the New Paper, Singapore by writer Rachel Cheng: He may only be 11 years old - but Travis Woodford can already run, swim and cycle as far as triathletes twice his age. The pint-sized Primary 6 pupil of St. Stephen's Primary School is Singapore's only national triathlete under 18 years old.
The EM2 pupil cycles 40 km, runs 10 km and swims 3 km three times a week.... Last year, when Travis and his younger brother Aidan, 10, joined a children's triathlon trainig camp, he was spotted by Stephen Lee, teh honorary secretary from the Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) and Mr. Guo Wei Dong, the coach of the national triathlon team. Today, Travis trains five times a week - three times with TAS and once on his own."
Travis said: "Before I took up triathlons, I was quite naughty in school. Sometimes I would skip classes; I'd hide in the toilet and squirt water at my friends. I couldn't sit still for long in class, and I found it hard to concentrate." Training for triathlons has made him alot more disciplined. ...
Travis is thankful his parents are so supportive of his involvement in th esport. "My parents take me to all my training, and bought me my first mountain bike in Primary 4. My ambition is to win the triathlon for the 2011 SEA Games."
For the complete story email xinhui@sph.com.sg
- Results from Amakusa Asian Cup Triathlon
- Visit the new look of the profiles section on www.triathlon.org