Christiane Reppe continues successful switch and claims paratriathlon gold in Magog
German Rio 2016 paracycling champion Christiane Reppe continued her impressive transition to paratriathlon with victory in the women’s PTWC at the Magog Paratriathlon World Cup in Canada this weekend. The 31-year-old – a four-time paracycling world champion, and Paralympic and Worlds medallist in swimming – beat three-time Paratriathlon world champion Kendall Gretsch in the third ITU World Cup of 2019. Despite Gretsch being the fastest over the 20km cycle and 5km run, Reppe held off her US opponent to win by 24 seconds thanks to a strong swim. Brazil’s Jessica Ferreira finished third.
A blistering performance on the bike by Italy’s Giovanni Achenza proved decisive in the men’s PTWC. Achenza finished nearly three minutes ahead of France’s Alexandre Paviza to secure his first win of 2019 after three World Series podium finishes. Italy’s Pier Alberto Buccoliero took his first international medal since 2017 with bronze.
USA double
Rio 2016 bronze medallist Melissa Stockwell was one of two US winners in Magog, breezing to victory in the women’s PTS2. France’s Cecile Saboureau came in five minutes later, followed by Italian Veronica Yoko Plebani.
Further US success followed when Chris Hammer became the only athlete to complete the course in under an hour in a competitive men’s PTS5 race. Just 22 seconds separated the next five triathletes, with Austria’s Guenther Matzinger edging Mexico’s Jose Abraham Estrada Sierra for silver.
Fab French
After nine medals at last month’s Besancon World Cup, French triathletes secured another four in Magog, including back-to-back World Cup golds for Antoine Perel. Perel followed up his victory from Besancon with another win in the men’s PTVI, finishing 31 seconds ahead of the USA’s Kyle Coon. Thibaut Rigaudeau joined his compatriot Perel on the podium in an impressive debut.
Great Britain’s Melissa Reid was the victor in the women’s equivalent, also securing back-to-back World Cup wins. Canada’s Jessica Tuomela finished 45 seconds behind Reid to clinch a silver medal for the host country, while the USA’s Amy Dixon was third.
Home success
The hosts were able to celebrate a victory as Kamylle Frenette repeated her gold medal performance from 12 months ago in a head-to-head battle with Hungary’s Petra Levay in the women’s PTS5.
In the men’s PTS4, recently crowned Asian champion Jiachao Wang of China added another title to his collection. Silver went to Austria’s Oliver Dreier and bronze going to Australia’s Clint Pickin.
A Dutch dominant display by Maurits Morsink saw the European champion cross the line first in the men’s PTS2, over five minutes ahead of Great Britain’s Stuart Meikle and Brazil’s Andre Barbieri.
Related Event: 2019 Magog ITU Paratriathlon World Cup
Results: PTWC Men | |||
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1. | Giovanni Achenza H1 | ITA | 01:02:02 |
2. | Alexandre Paviza H1 | FRA | 01:04:50 |
3. | Pier Alberto Buccoliero H2 | ITA | 01:06:24 |
4. | Nic Beveridge H1 | AUS | 01:06:40 |
DSQ. | Jan Tomanek H1 | CZE | DSQ |
Results: PTWC Women | |||
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1. | Christiane Reppe H2 | GER | 01:13:28 |
2. | Kendall Gretsch H2 | USA | 01:13:52 |
3. | Jessica Ferreira H1 | BRA | 01:16:24 |
4. | Mona Francis H2 | FRA | 01:18:58 |
5. | Rita Cuccuru H1 | ITA | 01:20:12 |
Results: PTS2 Men | |||
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1. | Maurits Morsink | NED | 01:10:46 |
2. | Stuart Meikle | GBR | 01:16:18 |
3. | Andre Barbieri | BRA | 01:17:10 |
4. | Adam Popp | USA | 01:18:33 |
5. | Allan Armstrong | USA | 01:18:50 |
Results: PTS2 Women | |||
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1. | Melissa Stockwell | USA | 01:24:10 |
2. | Cécile Saboureau | FRA | 01:29:02 |
3. | Veronica Yoko Plebani | ITA | 01:32:22 |
4. | Lyne-Marie Bilodeau | CAN | 01:39:31 |
Results: PTS4 Men | |||
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1. | Jiachao Wang | CHN | 01:02:32 |
2. | Oliver Dreier | AUT | 01:03:46 |
3. | Clint Pickin | AUS | 01:04:41 |
4. | Sebastian Engwald Jensen | DEN | 01:05:24 |
5. | Jorge Luis Fonseca | BRA | 01:06:11 |
Results: PTS4 Women | |||
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1. | Elke Van Engelen | GER | 01:21:55 |
Results: PTS5 Men | |||
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1. | Chris Hammer | USA | 00:59:09 |
2. | Guenther Matzinger | AUT | 01:00:17 |
3. | José Abraham Estrada Sierra | MEX | 01:00:17 |
4. | Juan Carlos Cano Espinoza | MEX | 01:01:20 |
5. | Antoine Besse | FRA | 01:01:39 |
Results: PTS5 Women | |||
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1. | Kamylle Frenette | CAN | 01:11:04 |
2. | Petra Lévay | HUN | 01:17:56 |
Results: PTVI Men | |||
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1. | Antoine Perel B1 | FRA | 01:02:03 |
2. | Kyle Coon B1 | USA | 01:02:34 |
3. | Thibaut Rigaudeau B3 | FRA | 01:02:40 |
4. | Federico Sicura B2 | ITA | 01:03:16 |
5. | Jon Dunkerley B1 | CAN | 01:04:34 |
Results: PTVI Women | |||
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1. | Melissa Reid B3 | GBR | 01:12:16 |
2. | Jessica Tuomela B1 | CAN | 01:13:01 |
3. | Amy Dixon B3 | USA | 01:14:22 |
4. | Annouck Curzillat B1 | FRA | 01:14:31 |
DNF. | Shannon Cleave B3 | NZL | DNF |