Best of 2014: Camilla Pedersen's comeback

by Erin Greene on 31 Dec, 2014 11:01 • Español

Camilla Pedersen (DEN) no doubt claimed the comeback story of the year. Late in 2013, the Danish athlete endured a training accident on her bike that required her to be in an induced coma for a month with doctors doubting the eventual outcome.

But with an abominable will, Pederson defied the odds and made a full recovery. Despite it all, she somehow found the energy to begin training again after her brush with death.

Almost a year to the day of her accident, Pederson not only competed in, but clenched her first world title in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Weihai, China.

“It is one year since my bad accident. I have come back and I am speechless,” said Pedersen after the race.


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Related Event: 2014 Weihai ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
21 Sep, 2014 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Bertrand Billard FRA 05:09:09
2. Sylvain Sudrie FRA 05:11:50
DNF. Bruno Pais POR DNF
DNF. Jens Toft DEN DNF
DNF. Felipe Manente BRA DNF
Results: Elite Women
1. Camilla Pedersen DEN 05:43:31
2. Kaisa Lehtonen FIN 05:47:47
3. Andrea Hansen NZL 05:54:29
4. Ewa Bugdol POL 05:58:49
5. Eva Potuckova CZE 06:00:44
Results: 18-19 Female AG
1. Emma Langley USA 07:11:43
Results: 20-24 Male AG
1. Ryan Waddington AUS 05:36:50
2. Guillaume Lecallier FRA 05:56:03
3. Takaaki Hiraoka JPN 06:21:36
DNF. Brett Armstrong AUS DNF
DNF. Pinxin Zhao CHN DNF
Results: 20-24 Female AG
1. Daniela Kaminska POL 06:58:11
2. Claire Johnstone CAN 07:32:27
DNF. Jade Winter NZL DNF
Results: 25-29 Male AG
1. Craig Davis AUS 05:42:55
2. Grant Wilesmith RSA 06:21:00
DSQ. Rui Mao CHN DSQ
DNF. John Burnett NZL DNF
DNF. Christopher Schroeder USA DNF
Results: 25-29 Female AG
1. Liana Costello NZL 07:05:13
2. Anna Murawska GBR 07:27:31
3. Jyotsana Gill AUS 07:29:38
4. Yasue Nakahara JPN 07:31:58
5. Ruth-Anne Vanderwater CAN 07:36:50
Results: 30-34 Male AG
1. Shane Gibbs AUS 05:52:01
2. Peter Mauro AUS 06:05:44
3. Jamie Sutherland NZL 06:26:56
4. Hayden Corkin NZL 06:33:45
DNF. Jiakai Yuan CHN DNF
Results: 30-34 Female AG
1. Tamasin Reno CAN 06:31:09
2. Pamela Meyer NZL 06:39:03
3. Nicole Robertson AUS 06:41:20
4. Kelly Stokes GBR 07:09:58
5. Emma Parsons NZL 07:30:53
Results: 35-39 Male AG
DSQ. Zhe Liu CHN DSQ
DNF. Jeff Cornick USA DNF
DNF. Ling Zhang CHN DNF
DNF. Dacheng Jiang CHN DNF
DNF. Shenghai Shi CHN DNF
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