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GB age-group team wins 12 golds in Gijon

2012 Brit age-group success continues in Gijon

The GE Great Britain Age Group Team delivered an outstanding 32 medals, including 12 gold, across the sprint and standard distance races at the 2011 Gijon ITU Duathlon World Championships on Sunday 25 September.

In the sprint distance event, the GE Great Britain Age Group Team delivered five gold, one silver and four bronze.

Helen Russell (30-34) won her age group and achieved a top three overall position in the sprint, finishing in a time of 01.08.43. Every female member of the GE Great Britain Age Group Team in the sprint distance race delivered a medal with three gold, one silver and one bronze.

In the standard distance race, the GE Great Britain Age Group Team delivered seven gold, seven silver and eight bronze. Danielle Stewart, Christine Howard and Hilary Ross all successfully defended their World titles won last year in Edinburgh.

In addition, Danielle Stewart, Hilary Ross and Elspeth Knott each completed the golden double, adding the ITU Duathlon World Champion title to the ETU Duathlon European Champion title won earlier in the season in Limerick.

In addition, following the age group races on the Sunday, an elite GE Great Britain Team consisting of Katie Hewison, Mark Buckingham, Matt Gunby and Georgina Schwiening won silver in the team relay event.

Haseeb Ahmed also won bronze in the event for paraduathletes to cap a successful year following a silver medal performance in Beijing at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships.

(all results and medal tallies are provisional)?

SPRINT DISTANCE (10)

GOLD (5)

F35-39 Helen Russell

F40-44 Rachel Lightfoot

F60-64 Alexis Dinsmor

M60-64 Dave Littlemore

M65-69 Paul Snelling

SILVER (1)

F40-44 Karen Bell (S)

BRONZE (4)

M20-24 Andrew Rooke

M35-39 Nick Shasha

M40-44 Steve McKeown

F50-54 Mary Twitchett

?STANDARD DISTANCE (22)

GOLD (7)

M18-19 Ross Fawcett

F25-29 Danielle Stewart

F30-34 Gillian Palmer

F40-44 Christine Howard

M45-49 Stuart Hall

F55-59 Hilary Ross

F60-64 Elspeth Knott

SILVER (7)

M18-19 Ross Landon

F25-29 Lucy Commander

F30-34 Louise Bardsley

F35-39 Esther Evans

F40-44 Mel Varvel

M55-59 Peter Wheddon

F60-64 Jan Farmer

BRONZE (8)

F25-29 Becky Glover

F35-39 Juliette Minter

M35-39 Richard Wilder

M45-49 Paul Rogers

M50-54 Robert McLean

F55-59 Penny Edwards

F65-69 Barbara Law

M75-79 Arnott Kidd

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Matt is a regular contributor to 220 Triathlon, having joined the magazine in 2008. He’s raced everything from super-sprint to Ironman, duathlons and off-road triathlons, and can regularly be seen on the roads and trails around Bristol. Matt is the author of Triathlon! from Aurum Press and is now the editor of Cycling Plus magazine.