Gwen Jorgensen Olympic Champion in Rio 2016

Ainhoa ​​Murua, could not finish the race due to an injury, Carolina Routier eliminated by dubbing after a puncture and Miriam Casillas finishes the 43 in her Olympic debut.

 

The main favorite was the American Gwen Jorgensen, who after an immaculate 2015 where she won all the competitions that she played, in this 2016 the American has been beaten thanks to cycling escapades by her compatriot Katie Zaferes and for the British Helen Jenkins. These two triathletes together with the rest of the British, the Swiss Nicola Spirig and the Bermudian were the candidates for the medal.

The test began at 11 in the morning (16:00 Spanish time) with the 1.5 meters of swimming in a single lap, where the first to leave the water was the Spanish Carolina Routier in a time of 19:01 followed by all the favorites where Ainhoa ​​Murua´a was 14 '' and, Miriam Casillas 22 from behind

The 8-lap cycling sector with a steep incline at the beginning of each lap expected a strong fight to distance the group from behind that made at the beginning a group of 18 units was formed with the favorites Flora Duffy, Vicky Holland, Non Standford, Andrea Hewwit, Gwen Jorgensen, Lisa Norden, Katie Zaferes and Nicola Spirig among others. A puncture from Carolina Routier made her lose more than a minute and she lagged behind in the final part of the race.

Little by little thanks to the collaboration of the favorites at the top, and under strong surveillance among them, they increased the advantage to reach T2 with 3:17 of advantages over the second group of Ainhoa ​​Murua at 3:17, Mirian Casillas at 5:38 and Carolina Routier who was doubled on the last lap and therefore disqualified from the test.

From the first moment the favorites, Gwen Jorgensen and Nicola Spirig , they started to run hard to distance a group of 4 triathletes with Vicky Holland, Non Standford, Enma Moffat Duffy y Barbara Riveros fighting for the bronze

The two head were together until the last lap where the American Gwen Jorgensen imposed his law going alone to the goal to get the victory and the title of Olympic Champion in a time of 1: 56: 15. The second classified and silver medal was Nicola Spirig and the bronze medal was for Vicky Holland.

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