177 MULTISPORT ยท TRIATHLON 2015
AQUATHLON
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
NO BIKE NEEDED
The 2015 Chicago ITU Aquathlon World Champion-
ship kicked off a week of action at the ITU World
Triathlon Grand Final Chicago with elite, paratriathlon,
junior, U23 and age groupers racing over a course
that included a 750m swim and 5km run.
In the elite men's field, Slovakia's Richard Varga stole
the show as he scored his fourth career Aquathlon
World Championship title, beating Igor Polyanskiy
by just seven seconds in 25:42. Third place went
to USA's Matthew Mcelroy when he blew past
compatriot Tommy Zaferes on the run, splitting a
fiery 14:38 over the 5km course.
Russia ruled the day in the women's race with strong
swimmer Anastasia Abrosimova clocking in first
followed by teammate Elena Danilova. Abrosimova
set the pace on the one-lap 750m swim along, never
relenting her lead. Despite trailing on the swim,
Danilova kicked into turbo to pick off women until
she ran herself into second place, followed by Long
Hoi (MAC) in third.
