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The 2013 World Triathlon Series started where it
left off in Auckland with a little bit of history repea-
ting in both the elite men's and women's races.
In the women's it was plucky German Anne Haug
whose run of form continued, adding the 2013 season
opener to her 2012 Grand Final Auckland victory and
season-opening World Cup win in Mooloolaba.
Haug was 45 seconds down leaving the water in
New Zealand, but again her tenacious ability on the
bike came to the fore and she caught the leaders
within two laps. In a large group of leaving T2, Haug
put the hammer down with two kilometres to go and
didn't look back. It was an early show of power in
what would end up being one of the closest elite
women's WTS series in history, and Haug again pro-
ved why Auckland's technical and hilly course is one
of her favourites.
The Netherland's Maaike Caelers and Australia's
Felicity Abram collected the remaining two places
on the podium. It was Abram's first major ITU podium
since 2008, while the rising Dutch star added a
second WTS silver medal to her career tally.
