Great Britain dominated the World Duathlon Championships in Ottawa, Canada last weekend, with a stunning 19 gold medals between the GB team's junior, U23 and age-group athletes, including 17 for the age-group team.
Richard Horton, a Loughborough University student and winner of the junior gold last year, won the U23 men's elite race with a time of 53:33mins, while Georgina Schwiening took gold in the women's junior elite race with a time of 1:02:32. Calum Johnson also claimed a bronze in the men’s junior race with a time of 54:12mins.
Horton said post-race: “It was an awesome experience with the GB team here in Ottawa. I wanted to make the race hard from the off and it became a real war of attrition played out at super fast speeds. I’m so proud to be part of a four medal-winning elite GB team and to be heading home a world champion once more."
In addition to the 17 golds taken by the British age-group team, there were also 12 silvers and 12 bronze medals: Gill Fullen was the fastest overall in the women’s standard-distance event whilst Mathilde Pauls and Geoffrey Beetham were the fastest overall in the sprint event. Meanwhile, David Peck won gold in the standard-distance event in the 80-84 age-group.
Adrien Howden (GB’s sole representative in the Paraduathlon events) took silver in the men's paraduathlon TRI-5 with a time of 1:17:26.
Britain's age-group medallists
Standard Distance:
Gold
- M20-24 Ryan Ostler
- F25-29 Clare Miller
- M25-29 James Coleman
- M35-39 Sean Scott
- M40-44 Lee Piercy
- F40-44 Jayne Williams
- F45-49 Gill Fullen
- M45-49 Steve Mckeown
- F60-64 Elspeth Knott
- M80-84 David Peck
Silver
- F20-24 Samantha Aplin
- M20-24 Anthony Meager
- F25-29 Ellen Barnes
- F30-34 Kate Hodgkiss
- M45-49 Stewart Gregory
- M50-54 Robert McLean
- M60-64 Ian Wells
Bronze
- F20-24 Fiona Bracegirdle
- M30-34 Thomas Crouch
- F35-39 Katie Thompson
- M40-44 Chris Nicoll
- M55-59 Peter Wheddon
- M60-64 Christopher Owens
Sprint Distance:
Gold
- M16-19 Gareth Smith
- F20-24 Eloise du Luart
- F30-34 Mathilde Pauls
- M30-34 Peter Ellis
- M35-39 Geoffrey Beetham
- M40-44 Alan Murchison
- M75-79 Maurice Young
Silver
- M25-29 Matt Welsh
- M30-34 Darren Middleton
- F40-44 Sue Walker
- M45-49 Craig Dyce
- F60-64 Sharon Bardsley
Bronze
- M16-19 Isaac Dunn
- F20-24 Claire Lilley
- M20-24 Richard Agan
- M25-29 Matthew Hallam
- F55-59 Heather Lambert
- M55-59 Geoff Brewster