TRIATHLON 2012 ยท WORLD CUP SERIES
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MOOLOOLABA - THE SEASON
OPENER
DENSHAM DELIGHTS ON HOME SOIL
For the sixth year in a row Mooloolaba opened the
ITU World Cup season, a second time that it's
opened in an Olympic year. Australia's Erin Densham put in one of the most impressive performances of her career, leading out of the swim for
the first time and setting a marker for a hugely
successful season. Densham crushed the field with
a stellar run leading from start to finish to win her
second career ITU World Cup. Switzerland's Nicola
Spirig took silver, a result which completed her
Olympic qualification. New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt finished seven seconds behind Spirig for bronze.
Frenchman Laurent Vidal claimed his first ITU
World Cup win with an electrifying sprint in Mooloolaba, just pipping reigning champion Brad Kahlefeldt and another Frenchman, David Hauss. In the
end, it came down to an all-out sprint for the line,
Vidal made his move with 400m to go. With an
impressive kick, he not only stayed ahead of Kahlefeldt and Hauss, but pulled away in the final 100
metres.
