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Triathlon 2015 - Spirit of Champions

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TRIATHLON 2015 ยท MULTISPORT 180 DUATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DRY-TRI The Duathlon World Championships lived up to its promise of providing the world's best duathletes with an ideal race that featured conditions of glori- ous sunshine, gentle winds and a passionate, vocal crowd. Former junior track and field star, Emma Pallant scored a strong win for Great Britain in the women's race, putting to lay the hopes of World Champion Sandra Levenez (FRA) taking a consecutive title in Adelaide. Holding off a fast finishing Ai Ueda (JPN) to receive second place and relegating Levenez to an uncharacteristic third place, Pallant replicated the World Duathlon title win of her coach Michelle Dillon a decade earlier in Australia. The men's race was a demonstration of high speed running and power cycling with the return of Emilio Martin (ESP) to the World Championship winner's circle. The competition was one of attrition from the gun with Martin throwing caution to the wind. Lea- ding from start to finish, he showed his class and left nothing in the tank, regaining the title he first won in 2012 in Nancy, to hold off the defending Benoit Nicolas (FRA) and Mark Buckingham (GBR) who finished with the silver and bronze, respectively.

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