Digital magazines from the International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the World Triathlon Series
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World Triathlon Para Series Devonport The 2023 World Triathlon Para Series kicked off in Devonport, Australia, where the PTWC athletes were the first to line up. It was a tight battle as Australia's Nic Beveridge led the field out of the water with an outstanding swim. It wasn't long before USA's Howie Sanborn and Japan's Jumpei Kimura applied pressure to catch the leader, and out onto the 5km run course, Sanborn proved too strong for his rivals, taking the tape to earn his first WTPS gold medal. Kimura claimed silver and Beveridge with the bronze. Reigning world champion and Paralympic silver medallist Lauren Parker (AUS) was the sole star of the show in the women's PTWC, while in the men's PTS5 category her compatriot David Bryant was thrilled to come away with his first gold medal at the top level. Fellow Australian Jack Howell earned silver and Frenchman Antoine Besse took bronze. The PTVI athletes faced down some tough wet weather conditions as Commonwealth Games medallist Sam Harding (AUS) and Guide Luke Harvey recovered quickly from a bike crash to power down the blue carpet and earn their WTPS gold. Serbia's Lazar Filipovic and Guide Strahinja Travic were able to hang on to cross the finish line in second to claim the silver medal and Spain's Jose Luis Garcia Serrano earned bronze in the men's PTVI class. In the women's PTVI class, the battle was between newcomers Maggie Sandles and Guide Felicity Cradick and New Zealand's Maria Williams and Guide Melissa Moon. It was to be Sandals who brought home the gold medal with a breakthrough performance on the Para Series stage, Williams with a strong race to earn silver. In the women's PTS2 category, Japan's Yukako Hata, who hadn't raced since the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, came away with a golden display in Devonport. Spain's Rakel Mateo Uriarte took silver and Australia's Anu Francis completed the podium with the bronze. Australia's Sally Pilbeam looked strong out on the race course and gave it everything on the run to come away with the PTS4 win on home soil, USA's Emma Meyers and Kelly Worrell finished with silver and bronze respectively. Jeremy Peacock was thrilled with his swim, bike and run to claim gold in the first men's PTS4 action of the 2023 WTPS season. USA's Carson Clough had a brilliant race to the silver and Japan's Hideki Uda claimed bronze in Devonport. USA's Mohamed Lahna led the men's PTS2 category and was too strong for any of the field to catch. Lahna powered to the finish to strike gold in Australia, fellow countryman Adam Popp with silver and Australia's Glen Jarvis displayed fine form to take bronze. Australia's Justin Godfrey earned a confidence-boosting gold medal in the men's PTS3 class as the Australian continued to work towards his goal of hitting the Paralympic qualification races, Germany's Bjorn Maas taking the silver. 129 contents