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JUNIORS
USA SWEEPS TITLES
The United States has a bright future for the sport of
triathlon after the nation crowned two Junior World
Champions. In the women's ITU Triathlon Junior World
Championship race at the 2016 World Triathlon Grand
Final Cozumel, Taylor Knibb (USA) nabbed her first
world championship title with a dominating bike and run
performance. Lisa Tertsch (GER) produced a speedy run
for second and in a sprint finish, Hye Rim Jeong (KOR)
out ran Ines Santiago (ESP) for bronze. The bronze
was the first-ever World Championship medal of any
level for Korea.
"That was probably the worst swim of my entire life, I just
had to be patient and move my way up," Knibb said. "If
someone had told me that was how the race would have
panned out, I would have just laughed."
The USA's Austin Hindman won the men's ITU Triathlon
Junior World Championship race in Cozumel with a
powerful come from behind run performance. Canada's
Charles Paquet took silver, followed by Great Britain's
Ben Dijkstra.
"I'm at a loss for words," Hindman said. "Coming into this
race I was feeling strong. To be able to take the win, that
felt great, to go here and take first place was a dream
come true. I couldn't believe it."
