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Pontevedra 2019: GB Age-Group medals: Duathlon World’s – Sprint

The British Age-Group team collected a significant haul of 26 medals this morning over the Sprint Distance at the Pontevedra ITU Duathlon World Championships in Spain. Here they all are...
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The GB Age-Group team off to a fast start in Pontevedra, Spain

After Penticton, Canada (2017) and Fyn, Denmark (2018), the third edition of the ITU Multisport World Championships started today in Pontevedra, Spain.

The festival starts with the Duathlon events, the first event of the day this morning being the Age-Group Sprint Distance race, which is held over a draft-legal format.

Catch up on all of the reports from Pontevedra 2019:

GB Age-Group Sprint Duathlon World Champs medals
GB Age-Group Standard Duathlon World Champs medals
Elite Duathlon - Fourth for Liam Lloyd as Choquert / Levenez take Gold
Elite Cross Triathlon - Silver and Bronze for Jacqui Slack, Nicole Walters
GB Age-Group Cross Triathlon World Champs medals
Elite Aquathlon - Gold to Rostislav Pevtsov and Alicja Ulatowska
GB Age-Group Aquathlon World Champs medals
Elite Long Distance Triathlon: Javier Gomez and Alexandra Tondeur take Gold
GB Age-Group Long Distance Triathlon World Champs medals
GB Age-Group Aquabike World Champs medals

Pontevedra ITU Duathlon World Championships 2019

The ‘scores on the doors’ total comes to 26 medals, of which eight were Gold. The sole British athlete to defend their title from Fyn 2018 was Jane Holmes in the F65-69 division.

Just to prove that medals don’t tell you everything, the two fastest British male athletes across all division – James Hodgson and Ben Cockburn – don’t feature in the medals roundup, such was the standard in the M25-29 category, while Gwen Kinsey was the fastest British female athlete by more than a minute and a half, was the third fastest overall too… but that was still ‘only’ good enough for Silver in the F45-49 category.

Fastest British athletes overall

MEN

1st – James Hodgson (4th, 25-29) – 58:24 – 6th fastest female AG athlete overall
2nd – Ben Cockburn (6th, 25-29) – 58:33
3rd – Matthew Davenport (3rd, 40-44) – 58:59

WOMEN

1st – Gwen Kinsey (2nd, 45-49) – 1:07:26 – 3rd fastest female AG athlete overall
2nd – Sarah Grover (1st, 25-29) – 1:09:02
3rd – Holly DIxon (2nd, 20-24) – 1:09:04

Pontevedra ITU Duathlon World Championships 2019

Pontevedra ITU Multisport World Championships
ITU Duathlon World Championships – Age-Group, Sprint Distance
5km / 20km / 2.5km (Draft Legal)

British Age-Group Medals (26)

GOLD (8)

  • Helena Dyce – 16-19 Female AG Sprint
  • Reece Ashfield – 16-19 Male AG Sprint
  • Sarah Grover – 25-29 Female AG Sprint
  • Emily Purbrick – 30-34 Female AG Sprint
  • Rodger Wilkins – 45-49 Male AG Sprint
  • Amanda Young – 55-59 Female AG Sprint
  • Wayne Aylesbury – 55-59 Male AG Sprint
  • Jane Holmes – 65-69 Female AG Sprint

SILVER (9)

  • Holly Dixon – 20-24 Female AG Sprint
  • Gwen Kinsey – 45-49 Female AG Sprint
  • Cathy Dawson – 50-54 Female AG Sprint
  • Sarah Gill – 55-59 Female AG Sprint
  • Sue Clarke – 60-64 Female AG Sprint
  • Phil Hurr – 60-64 Male AG Sprint
  • Barbara Walton – 70-74 Female AG Sprint
  • Mick Anglim – 70-74 Male AG Sprint
  • George Black – 80-84 Male AG Sprint

BRONZE (9)

  • Rachael Vatter – 20-24 Female AG Sprint
  • Charlotte Halkyard – 25-29 Female AG Sprint
  • Rebecca York – 30-34 Female AG Sprint
  • Laura Pescott – 35-39 Female AG Sprint
  • Marie Brush – 40-44 Female AG Sprint
  • Matthew Davenport – 40-44 Male AG Sprint
  • Claire Pluckrose – 50-54 Female AG Sprint
  • Craig Dyce – 50-54 Male AG Sprint
  • Ann Cook 55-59 Female AG Sprint
John Levison
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TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.
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