Henri Schoeman and Sophie Linn win the 2023 Arena Games

9 April 2023Updated on April 9, 2023

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The South African Henri Schoeman and the Australian sophie linn They got the title of Triathlon world champions Arena Games 2023 after an appointment at the London Aquatics Centre.

The South African, with second place yesterday helped him to get the title and Linn was third but it was worth it to take the title.

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Male test

Arena Games Montreal winner Chase McQueen started strong by being first out of the water, but it was Strada who showed his great form by winning Stage 1 ahead of New Zealander Kyle Smith, with Schoeman well placed in third place.

The second leg started with the run and ended with the swim, giving Iden a chance to move to the front on the 4km bike leg before Schoeman and Strada retook the lead in the water to finish nearly together.

As Stage 3 unfolded, Strada, who finished fourth in Switzerland, needed another athlete to come between him and Schoeman to claim the world title. It was not to be, as Smith finished third ahead of Swiss Simon Westermann, who secured the final overall podium spot.

The weekend of Gustav Iden It wasn't without controversy, either, as the Norwegian had to serve a 5-second penalty in the heats for missing the pre-race briefing, subsequently receiving another penalty for a transition violation in the final.

Arena Games London Men's Final Ranking

Men's Ranking Arena Games 2023

Henri Schoeman – 713
Nicolo Strada – 698
Simon Westerman – 610
Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger – 544
Chase McQueen-498

Female test

In the women's event we were able to see a show between Potter and Beaugrand, where the British athlete achieved her fourth victory in six participations in the Arena Games.

However, he could not win his world title again, having not participated in the previous rounds in Montreal or Sursee.

In the first leg she won ahead of Beaugrand by 10 seconds despite the Frenchwoman completing the 200m swim in 2:11, just 1 second short of her Arena Games record.

Beaugrand was only able to make up 3 seconds on Stage 2, but Linn began to position herself in an ideal situation to win overall by finishing third and gaining time on her rivals.

The final stage reverted to the traditional swim-bike-run format, and it was Potter again who led from the front, increasing her lead to over 22 seconds over Beaugrand, while Linn was third ahead of the Netherlands' Rani Skrabanja.

Finally, Skrabanja, who went to the final through the playoffs, was second, with the American Gina Sereno, Montreal winner, in third place.

As for the 15-year-old Szalai, she was eighth in the final and sixth overall