TRIATHLON 2016 I WORLD CUP RACES 184
SALINAS DEBUTS AS ITU WORLD CUP HOST
KASPER AND CASTRO CAPTURE FIRST WORLD CUP WINS
It was a day of firsts at the 2016 Salinas ITU World
Cup as USA's Kirsten Kasper and Spaniard David Castro
Fajardo captured their very first World Cup titles in the
debut event in Ecuador.
After starting her season with two back-to-back World
Cup bronze medals, Kasper finally achieved her first gold
at the 2016 Salinas ITU World Cup by outrunning USA
compatriot Summer Cook in the final kilometres.
Cook grabbed her second World Cup podium of the year.
South Africa's Gillian Sanders earned bronze, recording a
career-first by stepping onto her first World Cup podium.
The men's race was a battle of the masses but Spain's
Castro won the first Salinas World Cup crown in a sprint
finish, securing his second World Cup podium of the year
and his first career gold. The silver then went to another
first-timer – USA's Matthew Mcelroy, who took second in
the sprint battle just ahead of Mexico's Crisanto Grajales
who claimed bronze.
