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Europe wins The Collins Cups

Today one of the most awaited events of the year was held in Samorin (Slovakia), The Collins CupOrganized by the PTO.

It's a competition type to the Ryder Cup of Golf, where the teams from Europe, USA and International face each other in search of the prestigious title.

In total there have been six races of 3 women and another six of 3 men, with differentiated departures of 10 minutes between each one.

The distance in which they have competed has been 2 km swimming, 80 km running bike and 18 km of running.

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The winner of each Match got 3 points, the second 2 points and the third 1 point.

But to this was added a possible bonus, since each margin of 2 minutes to their opponents could be obtained 0,5 points up to a maximum of 1,5 extra points (Up to 6 minutes of difference).

Europe has achieved 8 victories that would give 24 direct points, the international team 4 cwith 12 direct points and USA no victory with 0 points.

The final score has been as follows:

EUROPA INTERNATIONAL USA
53 points 38 points 22.5 points

Results by Match

The competition has been very exciting having the following results

Women

Match 1

Place Name Time
1 Daniela Ryf (EUR)  03:28:50
2 Flora Duffy (INT)  03:35:48
3 Sarah True (USA)  03:40:20

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • INT: 3
  • USA: 1

Match 2

Place Name Time
1 Ashleigh Gentle (INT)  03:28:42
2 Laura Philipp (EUR)  03:31:06
3 Chelsea Sodaro (USA)  03:44:08

Points:

  • INT: 5
  • EUR: 3,5
  • USA: 1

Match 3

Place Name Time
1 Paula Findlay (INT)  03:31:10
2 Kat Matthews (EUR)  03:37:57
3 Skye Moench (USA)  03:38:41

Points:

  • INT: 6
  • EUR: 2
  • USA: 1

Match 4

Place Name Time
1 Nicola Spirig (EUR)  03:21:25
2 Victoria Lopes (INT)  03:36:23
3 Sophie Watts (USA) Retirada

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • INT: 3,5
  • USA: 0

Match 5

Place Name Time
1 Holly Lawrence (EUR)  03:33:10
2 Jocelyn McCauley (USA)  03:37:43
3 Ellie Salthouse (INT)  03:46:28

Points:

  • EUR: 5,5
  • INT: 3,5
  • USA: 1

Match 6

Place Name Time
1 Anne Haug (EUR)  03:33:57
2 Tamara Jewett (INT)  03:35:42
3 Jackie Hering (USA)  03:39:21

Points:

  • EUR: 4
  • INT: 2,5
  • USA: 1

Men

Match 1

Place Name Time
1 Kristian Blummenfelt (EUR)  03:09:19
2 Hayden Wilde (INT)  03:17:55
3 Ben Kanute (USA)  03:21:17

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • INT: 2,5
  • USA: 1

Match 2

Place Name Time
1 Lionel Sanders (INT)  03:12:25
2 Sam long (United States)  03:12:27
3 Sam Laidlow (EUR) 03:41:36

Points:

  • INT: 4,5
  • EUR: 3,5
  • USA: 1

Match 3

Place Name Time
1 Magnus Ditlev (EUR)  03:13:31
2 Rudy von Berg (USA)  03:20:51
3 Max Neumann (INT)  03:24:52

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • USA: 3
  • INT: 1

Match 4

Place Name Time
1 Aaron Royle (INT)  03:19:42
2 Jason West (USA)  03:24:34
3 Patrick Lange (EUR)  03:26:07

Points:

  • INT: 5,5
  • EUR 2
  • USA: 1

Match 5

Place Name Time
1 Gustav Iden (EUR)  03:11:32
2 Matt Hanson (USA)  03:19:19
3 Jackson Laundry  03:32:39

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • USA: 3,5
  • INT: 1

Match 6

Place Name Time
1 Daniel Baekkegard (EUR)  03:13:52
2 Braden Currie (INT)  03:21:41
3 Chris Leiferman (USA)  03:24:42

Points:

  • EUR: 6
  • INT: 2,5
  • USA: 1

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