TRIATHLON 2016 I HAMBURG 118
DRAMA UNFOLDS IN HAMBURG
MOLA SCORES FOURTH VICTORY
The men left it all down to the finish chute in a flurry of
activity that saw Mario Mola (ESP) return to the top of
the Columbia Threadneedle Rankings after he won the
Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon. Jacob Birtwhistle
(AUS) also burst onto the scene with his first World
Triathlon Series medal with silver, while Mola's compatriot
Fernando Alarza took home bronze.
Adding to the excitement Birtwhistle let up ever so
slightly in his two final steps thinking he has secured
his first WTS medal when Fernando Alarza came flying
up his left side. The men crossed so closely together,
Technical Officials had to review the photo finish to
determine Birtwhistle was indeed the silver medal winner.
Although Richard Murray crossed over second, he was
later disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Mola said of his victory, "I was very happy with the
race, especially since I had the inconsistencies through
the three sports, that was something that I had been
working on, sometimes you get the result that you have
been aiming for and sometimes you don't, but it went
very good so I was happy with that."
