Triathlon England Swallow wins ITU Long Distance World Bronze

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Swallow wins ITU Long Distance World Bronze

Jodie Swallow won a bronze medal at the Vitoria-Gasteiz ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Spain. Swallow performed well to finish on the podium, as did many of the GE Great Britain Age Group team members.

Swallow was the fastest over the 4km swim, and led the first lap of the 120km bike course until Caroline Steffen (Switzerland) overtook. She looked to be in a solid silver medal position early in the 30km run, but was gradually overhauled by Denmark’s Camilla Pedersen.

However, it was an excellent performance by Swallow to claim the bronze after having had a stress fracture in April. Swallow who competed at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, will now turn her attention to the London 2012 triathlon events on Saturday 4 August and Tuesday 7 August and be cheering on her fellow British athletes as they race around the free-to-view Hyde Park.

Chris McCormack of Australia won the men's event ahead of Spain’s Eneko Llanos and Luxembourg’s Dirk Bockel.

Vitoria-Gasteiz ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships: Elite Women

1. Caroline Steffen SUI 6:04:17
2. Camilla Pedersen DEN 6:09:23
3. Jodie Swallow GBR 6:12:48

Three gold medals for GE Great Britain Age-Group Team

The GE Great Britain Age-Group team also won medals. Catherine Faux, a 2012 Hawaii qualifier and medical student, won gold in the 25-29 age-group. Tracy Cook (40-44), the only returning medallist from last year’s event in Nevada improved on her silver medal to win gold. Catherine and Tracy were the first two females overall with Catherine winning her age-group by over 27 minutes.

Our third gold medal went to Cristina Milton (60-64), with Steve Yates (45-49), and Nick Deane-Simmons (55-59) both winning silver. Paul Lunn was our final medallist winning bronze in the 40-44 age-category.

GE Great Britain Age-Group Team Manager, Tim Whitmarsh commented: “This was a truly memorable world championship with an amazing backdrop of stunning architecture and parkland. Vitoria made us all incredibly welcome and the GE Great Britain Age-Group Team have enjoyed every minute of the build up and the race.

"I was delighted with the medal hall, it’s the best we've had since Perth in 2009. It was great to see Jodie fighting so hard to get her medal. For all, it’s now time to come home and catch up on the Olympics and look forward to Hyde Park."

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Triathlon England Swallow wins ITU Long Distance World Bronze