TriaThlon 2013 · madrid 56 TriaThlon 2013 · madrid 56
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The 2013 World Triathlon Series title battle had a
little more intrigue added under the hot Madrid sun
when Great Britain's Non Stanford laid down one of
the most impressive performances of the season.
A plan to go out hard in the run paid off for the reig-
ning Under23 World Champion as she stole the
show in her first World Triathlon Series win. A solid
swim laid the foundation for her race, where she
worked herself into the lead group on the bike and
didn't look back in the 10km run in a field full of favo-
urites.
"The plan was to go off really hard in the run which
I did," Stanford said. "And I'm not going to lie, in the
second lap of the run I thought 'oh no, I've gone off
far too hard'. But I managed to hold it together and
I could see the gap increasing which gives you confi-
dence."
Behind Stanford, Anne Haug continued her con-
sistently strong season with another great bike
leg leading her to silver while Jodie Stimpson clim-
bed up the overall rankings with a bronze medal.
Gwen Jorgensen's fourth place was enough for her
to hold onto the overall series lead.
