TRIATHLON 2016 I WORLD CUP RACES 176
HUATULCO SERVES UP HOT, HILLY COURSE
DIEMUNSCH AND ANNEN EARN FIRST-TIME HUATULCO WIN
Known for it's hot, humid and hilly conditions, athletes
lined up in Mexico to take on this year's standard two-lap
swim, eight-lap bike and four-lap run with thousands of
spectators on the streets.
The 2016 Huatulco ITU Triathlon World Cup podium
presented three new faces to its podium with Frenchman
Etienne Diemunsch grabbing his first gold medal on the
course after four previous attempts. Jelle Geens (BEL)
and Drew Box (AUS) filled in the final two places both
earning their first World Cup podiums.
On the women's race, battling the Mexican sun and
the infamous hill climb, Jolanda Annen (SUI) captured
her first-ever career World Cup victory. Another first-
timer was silver medalist Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL), who
scored her first career World Cup podium in the humid
and hot race in Mexico. The bronze medal went to
Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR), who put forth one of the more
impressive performances of the World Cup season after
needing to make up time on the bike after enduring a flat
tire in the cycle.
