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Lionel Sanders second and sub 8 in the IRONMAN Copenhagen, qualified for Kona

Cameron Wurf has taken the victory beating the record of the test

Today the HOMBRE DE HIERRO Copenhagen, which was the last opportunity for triathletes this year to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship to be held in February 2022.

The test that has had great triathletes like Lionel Sanders, Cameron Wurf, or the Spanish Clemente Alonso It has not disappointed and has offered a show throughout the competition.

Cameron Wurf, with an impressive cycling segment, left alone reaching T2 with a 6:37 advantage over Lukazs Wojt and a 7.29 advantage over Jesper Svenson. In just over 9 minutes a group of 12 athletes arrived with Sanders and Alonso among them.

In the foot race, Wurf was losing steam and losing time with respect to his opponents.

Sanders with a great partial of the running race was gradually cutting time and positions until he reached second place at kilometer 25 of the race with a disadvantage of 2:52 with Wurf.

Finally, Cameron Wurf managed to maintain the advantage to achieve victory in the test with a time of 7:46:06, breaking the competition record.

Lionel Sanders, He finished in second position stopping the clock at 7:49:24 and getting the Slot for Kona. The third classified has been Henrik Goesk (7: 52: 10)

As for the Clemente Alonso, with a great race on foot he has come back to fourth position with a time of 7:55:09

With second place, because Wurf is already qualified, the slot for Lionel Sanders has achieved his goal of qualifying for the IRONMAN Hawaii which will be held in February.

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Classification

Job title Athlete Time
1 Cameron Wurf  07:46:06
2 Lionel Sanders  07:49:24
3 Henrik Gosch  07:52:10
4 Clemente Alonso-McKernan  07:55:09
5 Mathias Lyngso Petersen  07:55:38

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