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The
race begins at 1am Monday morning Australian time
which is 8am Mexico time Sunday.
» Monday, November 11,
2002
(9.54am)
LEANDA CAVE -
2002 TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPION!
Congratualtions to Leanda, they were right when the
live update said she was having the run of her
life! :-) also to Barb Lindquist who won silver
with Great Britian's Michelle Dillon winning the
bronze.
On the Aussie's
front, Michellie Jones was the highest placed in
4th with Nicole Hackett,taking 5th spot. Loretta
Harrop finished in 12th spot while Liz Blatchford
was 14th with Pip Taylor finishing in 22nd position
- the following little bit below is from
AAP:
Aussies miss out
on Triathlon medals
| Sports Watch
... 11 November 2002 |
Australia's
women have missed out on the medals in the
triathlon world championships in Mexico as Great
Britain stamped its dominance.
Olympic silver
medallist Michellie Jones, 33, finished fourth in a
time of 2hr 2.25min, with fellow Australian and
former world champion Nicole Hackett a further ten
seconds back in fifth.
In a stunning
finish, Great Britain's Leanda Cave (2:1.31)
stormed past American Barb Lindquist (2:1.41) on
the final lap of the run leg to win the race and
also be crowned the new world champion.
To cap off an
impressive outing for the Great Britain team,
Michelle Dillon (2:2.11) finished third as
temperatures soared into the low 30s at
Cancun.
Queenslander
Loretta Harrop, who had her bike destroyed on the
flight to Mexico before getting a replacement,
finished in 12th place - 12 seconds ahead of
pre-race favourite and defending champion Siri
Lindley of the United States.
WOMEN'S
ELITE
FINAL RESULT -
TOP 10
1. Leanda
Cave(GB)
2. Barb Lindquist
(USA)
3. Michelle Dillon
(GB)
4. Micheille Jones
(AUS)
5. Nicole Hackett
(AUS)
6. Anja Dittmar
(GER)
7. Laura Reeback
(USA)
8. Sharon Donnelly
(CAN)
9. Sandra Soldan
(BRA)
10. Carol Mongomery
(CAN)
triathlon.org - Full Results (Women's Elite)
I kinda did a
disappearing act before I even had a chance to know
the full result as I was getting yelled at
:-/
In the Men's race,
Aussie Peter Robertson won silver behind , with two
other Aussie's in the top 10 - Greg Bennett in 4th
and Chris Hill in 7th.
cancuntriathlon.com
Full results (Men's Elite)
All in all, a
fantastic effort by everyone who competed on the
day - temperatures in the 30's with nearly 80%
humidity in the early morning...! That sure is
hot!
Congratualtions to
all of the athletes but especially the Aussies -
and of course Nicole Hackett! ;-)
» Earlier updates...
(3.03am)
A
feeling...
That the next update will contain the final
placings...!
(2.52am)
NICOLE TOP
3!
Tops news! Nicole was in the top 3 at the end of
the bike!! :)
1. Barb Lindquist (USA)
2. Leanda Cave(GB)
3. Nicole Hackett (AUS)
4. Michelle Dillon (GB)
Bike
splits?
Can't find anything as of yet - I'll let you know
if I do
(2.43am)
Heating up in
Cancun
It is down to the final 10k and Nicole is out of
the top six with temperatures in the 30's.
Chase pack came in over two mins behind.
Loretta Harrop is the only Australian in the lead
pack which is:
1. Loretta Harrop(AUS)
2. Barb Lindquist (USA)
3. Sheila Taormina (USA
4. Laura Reeback (USA)
5. Sharon Donnelly (CAN)
6. Loretta Harrop (AUS)
Not sure why Loretta is written twice! - fingers
crossed it's another Aussie in the mix
anyway!
(2.21am)
We have
action!
triathlon.org back and running by the looks of
things! :-)
(2.15am)
Can't say this is
really a favoured way to follow the triathlon ;)
all the waiting till the end of each leg might make
me suffer a little too much from the suspense of it
all! ;) lol :-)
Please tell me I'm not the only person who
can't see any live coverage @ triathlon.org?
(1.55am)
Nicole Hackett
has fastest swim - 19:57 - Barb Lindquist 2nd fastest
- 19:59 Loretta Harrop 3rd fastest - 20:01 .
Defending champ
Siri Lindley recorded the 14th fastest in
20:40
Dunno what the go
is with triathlon.org but go here for results.
(1.12am)
LIVE COVERAGE OF
WORLD CHAMPS - triathlon.org
Be
sure to log on! :-)
And
it's already Gold for Australia with
Brad Kahlefeldt winning the
U/23 division while in the women's Mirinda
Carfrae winning silver!! Congrats to both!
:D Full results here at cancuntriathlon.com
» Saturday, November 9,
2002
(11.04pm)
An
article from today's Daily
Telegraph Central Coast
Extra:
And
another article (from yesterday) - Fox Sports -
'More bad luck for
Harrop'. Geez, that is really tough luck
- but go get 'em Loretta! :-)
» Friday, November 8,
2002
(2.47pm)
Info
Triathlon Australia -
‘Refreshed Australian Women Ready
for US'
ITU Website - Event Itinerary
Official website
Re-live Nicole's
previous World Championships races right
here
The latest edition
of Triathlon and Multi Sport
magazine
has
previews to the World Championships, results,
training tips and lots more -- well worth the
money! :-)
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