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The Duathlon World Championships took a different
form this year, as the world's best duathletes hea-
ded to Cali, Colombia to race for the titles as a part
of the 2013 Cali World Games. The World Games,
first held in 1981, are a major international multi-
sport event held every four years for sports that are
not contested in the Olympic Games.
In a perfectly timed break on the bike, Belgium's Rob
Woestenborghs returned to the winner's list in the
men's event. The win for Woestenborghs was his
first world title since 2008 and marked his return to
the World Championship podium for the first time in
three years. Defending champion Emilio Martin
(ESP) took silver, while France's Benoit Nicolas
scored bronze with a speedy final run.
While in the women's race, Japan's Ai Ueda made a
winning debut as she stormed to her first Duathlon
world title at her debut world championships. Ueda
partnered with France's Sandra Levenez throughout
the bike leg and together the pair extended their
lead to almost three minutes as they started the
run. But Ueda proved too strong there for Levenez
and she was forced to settle for silver – her fifth
Duathlon world championship medal. Germany's
Jenny Schulz returned to the podium in third place
with a time of 2:01:04.
