Brits win 19 golds in Ottawa

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