159 TRIATHLON WORLD CUP RACES I WORLD TRIATHLON 2017
In the penultimate World Cup race of the 2017 season,
Mexico's Crisanto Grajales rounded off his year with
aplomb with an impressive gold in Salinas. Putting his
speed to the test in the final sprint distance race on the
circuit, Grajales' win saw him top the podium for the first
time since 2012. Finishing in second place for the first
time in his career was France's Felix Duchamp, who ran
Grajales very close on the run course and the bronze then
went to Brazil's Manoel Messias, another athlete to make
it onto the World Cup podium for the first time.
With the cheers of the home crowd ringing in her ears,
Ecuador's own Elizabeth Bravo also claimed her first-
career World Cup victory in Salinas, a first for an athlete
from the country. Bravo was in dominant form in the run,
and was followed across the line by the USA's Tamara
Gorman and another Brazilian success, Luisa Baptista,
earned the bronze. Both women were awarded World
Cup medals for the first time in their careers, making the
entire podium something of a milestone event.
GRAJALES AND BRAVO ROUND OFF
THEIR SEASONS WITH GOLDS IN
SALINAS
ITU TRIATHLON WORLD CUP ROUND 14 – OCT 29, 2017
SALINAS (ECU)
MEN'S RESULTS - TOP 10
1. Crisanto Grajales MEX 00:52:08
2. Felix Duchampt FRA 00:52:14
3. Manoel Messias BRA 00:52:24
4. Diogo Sclebin BRA 00:52:28
5. Irving Perez MEX 00:52:31
6. Taylor Forbes CAN 00:52:33
7. Jesus Gomar GEO 00:52:39
8. Matthew Wright BAR 00:52:39
9. Luciano Taccone ARG 00:52:39
10. Fabian Villanueva Moehl MEX 00:52:41
WOMEN'S RESULTS - TOP 10
1. Elizabeth Bravo ECU 00:57:48
2. Tamara Gorman USA 00:58:07
3. Luisa Baptista BRA 00:58:19
4. Cecilia Perez MEX 00:58:32
5. Dominika Jamnicky CAN 00:58:33
6. Vanesa De La Torre MEX 00:58:40
7. Minami Kubono JPN 00:58:46
8. Diana Castillo COL 00:58:59
9. Michelle Flipo MEX 00:59:09
10. Paola Diaz MEX 00:59:19
