ITU WORLD TRIATHLON – STANDINGS AFTER LONDON

After 4 rounds of the ITU World Triathlon series the competition is really hotting up.

Elite Men Standings after 4 rounds

 Javier Gomez, Jonathan Brownlee and Mario Mola retain their top three positions in the same order although Mola closes the gap on Brownlee with his win in London.  Aaron Royle drops 2 places with South African Richard Murray and Ryan Bailie climbing to 4^th and 5^th respectively. Other movers being Joao Pereira and Alistair Brownlee who both climbed 6 places.  Its looking more and more like a four person contest but anything can happen so can’t wait for the next round in Chicago on June 27-29th.

Javier Gomez

		After 3 Rounds	After 4 Rounds
1	Javier Gomez	2400	2942
2	Jonathan Brownlee	2066	2652
3	Mario Mola	1837	2637
4	Richard Murray	1271	2011
5	Ryan Bailie	1173	1674
6	Aaron Royle	1517	1600
7	Vincent Luis	965	1394
8	Aaron Harris	1043	1333
9	Joao Pereira	642	1327
10	Alistair Brownlee	633	1266

 

Elite Women – Standings after 4 rounds

Gwen Jorgensen’s outstanding win in London and Jodie Stimpson’s less than expected effort means that they swapped 1^st and 2^nd places in the overall standings. They have two wins a piece thus far. Sarah Groff’s second place means she climbed 4 places to 3^rd. Helen Jenkins remains in contention with that phenomenal run leg to give her 7^th place and 4^th in the standings. The Australian Emma Jackson’s third place and Italian Alice Betto’s fourth place means they have moved up the rankings whilst Canadian Sarah-Anne Brault and the German Anne Haug slip down.  There is still a long way to go so it still an open contest.

Gwen Jorgensen

		After 3 Rounds	After 4 Rounds
1	Gwen Jorgensen	1824	2642
2	Jodie Stimpson	2029	2396
3	Sarah Groff	1219	1959
4	Helen Jenkins	1425	1926
5	Emma Jackson	994	1679
6	Alice Betto	1015	1648
7	Sarah-Anne Brault	1331	1487
8	Anne Haug	1282	1282
9	Emma Moffat	1220	1220
10	Juri Ide	776	1115

All images are copyright – Ian Campbell – photography

ITU WORLD TRIATHLON – LONDON

The ITU World Triathlon comes to London this weekend at Hyde Park.  This is the same venue as the 2012 Olympics and last years successful finale of the ITU World Triathlon where Javier Gomez snatched victory from the Brownlee brothers to take the world crown.

The womens race will be just as exciting for British fans as current series leader Jodie Stimpson and a healthy Helen Jenkins both battle it out for top honours but will have serious work to do against a strong field that includes Gwen Jorgensen, Anne Haug and Sarah-Anne Brault.

Not only do we have the Elite Men on Saturday but also the Elite Women. The London event will be contested over the Sprint distance format, 750m swim, 20km Bike and 5km Run. Its going to be fast and furious racing and the top contenders will need to be in touch with each other at each transition as there will be no opportunity to catch up, especially when you have such class operators leading the field, there will be no respite. I will be there to capture the event as it unfolds.

Here are some of the ones to watch this Saturday.

Elite Men	Elite Women
Javier Gomez – ESP	Jodie Stimpson – GBR
Jonny Brownlee – GBR	Helen Jenkins – GBR
Ali Brownlee – GBR	Gwen Jorgensen – USA
Aaron Royle – AUS	Anne Haug – GER
Mario Mola – ESP	Sarah-Anne Brault – CAN

The timetable of events for Saturday May 31st as follows:

14:30    Elite Mens Race

15:35    Elite Mens Medal Ceremony

16:05    Elite Womens Race

17:10    Elite Womens Medal Ceremony

This event will be shown live on BBC1 from 14:00 to 17:10

Current World Rankings after 3 Rounds – Auckland, Cape Town & Yokohama

Elite Men		Elite Women
1. Javier Gomez	2400	1. Jodie Stimpson	2029
2. Jonathan Brownlee	2066	2. Gwen Jorgensen	1824
3. Mario Mola	1837	3. Helen Jenkins	1425
4. Aaron Royle	1517	4. Sarah-Anne Brault	1331
5. Richard Murray	1271	5. Anne Haug	1282
6. Ryan Bailie	1173	6. Emma Moffat	1220
7. Aaron Harris	1043	7. Sarah Groff	1219
8. Vincent Luis	965	8. Alice Betto	1015
9. Ryan Sissons	939	9. Emma Jackson	994
10. Fernando Alarza	868	10. Ai Udder	896

 ITU World Triathlon – 2014 Series 

April 5-6	Barfoot & Thompson World Traithlon Auckland
April 26-27	ITU World Triathlon Cape Town
May 17-18	ITU World Triathlon Yokohama
May 31-June 1	PruHealth World Triathlon London
June 27-29	ITU World Triathlon Chicago
July 12-13	ITU World Triathlon Hamburg
August 23-24	Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholm
August 26- September 1	TransCanada Corp. World Triathlon Edmonton