Canadian becomes World Champion
18-year-old claims world title in the cross triathlon

On day three of the ITU World Multisport Championships in Fyn, Denmark, Team Canada got some excellent results in the cross triathlon. Most notably, a young Canadian was named a world champion.
18-year-old Tate Haugan is the new junior world cross triathlon champion. Earlier today, Haugan stormed to an early lead in the swim when came out of the water with a three-second gap over Oscar Gladney Rundqvist (DEN). On the bike, the Canadian stretched his lead over Rundqvist and the rest of the field to a minute thirty. In the trail run, Haugan continued to set a strong pace as he held off a late challenge by the Dane and claimed his first world title.
Haugan finished the junior cross triathlon in 1:07:32. Rundqvist would pull back some time in the run, finishing 30 seconds back. Victor Geone of the Netherlands finished in third.
Canada’s age group triathletes also had great success today. Many of our country’s best age groupers achieved top ten performances. Evan Girard had the top performance of the day, placing third in the men’s 25-29 age group.