186 WORLD TRIATHLON 2017 I MIXED RELAY & PARATRIATHLON
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jetze Plat showed everyone in Rotterdam that he is still
the King of Paratriathlon, claiming the title of PTWC
for the second consecutive year over teammate Geert
Schipper having led the race from the first strokes. The
bronze ended up on the hands of British Royal marine
Commando Joseph Townsend.
Great Briatin's Andrew Lewis closed out his season with a
fantastic win in the PT2 class, adding another gold medal
to his growing tally. USA's Mark Barr finished in second
while the bronze medal went to Stephane Bahier.
The men's PTS3 race was dominated from start to finish
from Spaniard Daniel Molina. The battle for the silver
was a closer one between Aussie Justin Godfrey and
Germany's Max Gelhaar, the duo claiming respectively
silver and bronze.
Frenchman Alexis Hanquinquant put in a dominating
performance to earn the men's PTS4 world title. The
silver was awarded to Steven Crowley of Great Britain,
while finishing off the podium was USA's Jamie Brown
who took third.
In the PTS5 class, Canada's Stefan Daniel collected his
second World Title in three years. Coming in second was
Spaniard Jairo Ruiz Lopez just a little over a minute behind
Daniel, while the bronze went to USA's Chris Hammer.
Great Britain earned the gold medal in the PTVI class
when Dave Ellis took first place. The silver went to USA's
Aaron Scheidies, who also had a comeback race while
Zakrevskyi took third, getting his fifth world championship
medal of his career.
PLAT, KING OF PARATRIATHLON
IN ROTTERDAM
