Canadians at the 2011 World Duathlon Championships

Canada’s top duathletes took part in the World Duathlon Championships in Gijón, Spain and many posted top performances.

The team was lead by the World Championship title wins from David Field of Barry’s Bay, and Tatjana Zaharova of Etobicoke, Ontario. Competitors raced four 2.5 km laps of the run (10 km), two 19.2 km circuit on the bike (38.4 km), and one 2.5 km lap on run to finish.

Canadians placing in the top 10:

Age Group Champions

Men 55-59

1 David Field 1:58:36  (37:48, 58:17, 19:18)

Women 20-24

1 Tatjana Zaharova 2:18:50 (42:19, 1:11:10, 22:10)

Silver Medal

Women 65-59

2 Lynda Lemon 2:50:14

Women 55-59

2 Carolyn Silvey 2:17:32  (41:55, 1:08:13, 23:10)

Men 40-44

2 David Frake 1:49:11 (33:54, 54:49, 17:25)

Bronze Medal

Women 20-24

3 Ellen Watters 2:21:22 (46:42, 1:05:39, 25:24)

Women 55-59

4 Meg Thorburn 2:31:23

Men 50-54

4 Jean-François Fillion 2:02:42

Women 25-29

5 Peggy Labonté 2:12:03

Men 60-64

7 Allan McCallister 2:10:34

Women 40-44

7 Stacy Juckett-Chesnutt 2:15:15

Women 60-64

8 Pauline Kniaziew 3:14:07

Women 55-59

8 Anita Yates 2:40:34

Women 35-39

8 Christina Clark 2:17:45

Men 25-29

10 Jonathan Tremblay 1:55:26

Waterloo’s Ron Vankoughnett won the silver medal in the Sprint Duathlon event. He and his fellow competitors completed two 2.5 km laps of the run (5 km), one 19.2 km circuit on the bike, and one 2.5 km lap on run to finish.

Sprint Duathlon – Canadians in the Top 10

Men 65-69

2 Ron Vankoughnett 1:16:56 (25:45, 34:48, 12:25)

10 David Campbell 1:30:39

Men 60-64

10 Ivan Bern 1:40:14

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