Ashleigh Gentle wins the London T100
This weekend, London is the scene of the fourth test of the T100 Triathlon World Tour 2024, a circuit that debuted successfully this year after competitions in Miami, Singapore and San Francisco.
On Saturday, the Australian Ashleigh Gentle has achieved victory in the women's event, reaffirming its dominance on the circuit after its previous victory in Singapore.
The test was developed over the T100 distance (2 km of swimming, 80 km of cycling and 18 km of running).
In the swimming segment, the British Lucy Charles y Sophie Coldwell They led the group.
The Switzerland Imogen Simmonds She reached the lead in cycling, reaching T2 in the lead, closely followed by Lucy Charles.
However, it was in the final 18 km of the run where Ashleigh Gentle demonstrated his superiority.
Despite starting the race just over two minutes behind, Gentle recovered positions until reaching first place and taking his second victory in the T100.
Imogen Simmonds was second, and the British Kat matthews third in exciting duel with the German Laura Philipp.
Lucy Charles, current IRONMAN world champion, had to abandon the race due to physical problems
Top 10 female
The final classification of the women's event in London was as follows:
Job title | Athlete | Country | Final time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ashleigh Gentle | Australia | 3:36:17 |
2 | Imogen Simmonds | Switzerland | 3:39:11 |
3 | Kat matthews | United Kingdom | 3:39:29 |
4 | Laura Philipp | Germany | 3:40:02 |
5 | Lucy byram | United Kingdom | 3:40:26 |
6 | Tamara jewett | Canada | 3:40:49 |
7 | Sophie Coldwell | United Kingdom | 3:42:22 |
8 | Chelsea Sodaro | United States | 3:42:55 |
9 | India Lee | United Kingdom | 3:44:23 |
10 | Emma Pallant Browne | United Kingdom | 3:46:21 |