A Cozumel, la prima gara dell’ITU Grand Final è il Mondiale di Aquathlon, disputatosi il 14 settembre per le categorie Elite, Under23 e Junior con Alistair Brownlee inaspettato protagonista.

Ha stupito un po’ tutti la sua voglia di partecipare, poi in gara, come di consueto, non c’è stato nessuno in grado di fermarlo: l’oro olimpico di London 2012 e Rio 2016 Alistair Brownlee è il nuovo campione del mondo di aquathlon.

Ha battuto Richard Varga, il “motoscafo” del circuito ITU, campione in carica, e lo statunitense Tommy Zaferes, divertendosi e godendosi il primo aquathlon della sua carriera.

«Defintely my first ever run, swim, run. I really enjoyed it, it was hard, really hard. It’s so hot, the running was tough. The other guys went off really hard and I thought ‘I better go with them’. It was weird, it’s not like I was tired, but I felt like I was in oxygen depth the first kilometer after the swim.»
– Alistair Brownlee

Tra le donne, tripletta russa con Mariya Shorets davanti ad Anastasia Abrosimova e Valentina Zapatrina; tra gli Under23, gioia per il CT della Turchia, il nostro Andrea Gabba, che vede trionfare il suo Jonas Schomburg, mentre tra le donne oro per la russa Anastasia Gorbunova.

Nessuna azzurro ha partecipato alla prova.

PROGRAMMA COMPLETO ITU GRAND FINAL COZUMEL

Campionati del Mondo Aquathlon

Cozumel, 14-09-16
Aquathlon (2.5-1-2.5K)
SITO

CLASSIFICA
(completa qui)

ELITE UOMINI
1 Alistair Brownlee GBR 00:28:58 00:06:53 00:00:50 00:12:30 00:00:53 00:07:53
2 Richard Varga SVK 00:29:03 00:07:26 00:00:51 00:11:55 00:00:51 00:08:03
3 Tommy Zaferes USA 00:29:18 00:07:10 00:00:48 00:12:16 00:00:52 00:08:13
4 Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 00:29:26 00:07:06 00:00:51 00:12:31 00:00:56 00:08:04
5 Steffen Justus GER 00:29:41 00:07:07 00:00:49 00:12:29 00:00:59 00:08:20
6 Crisanto Grajales MEX 00:29:48 00:06:54 00:00:50 00:13:03 00:00:54 00:08:10
7 Michał Oliwa POL 00:29:48 00:07:26 00:00:50 00:12:01 00:00:56 00:08:38
8 Igor Polyanskiy RUS 00:29:50 00:07:19 00:00:49 00:12:07 00:00:57 00:08:39
9 Jonas Schomburg TUR 00:30:00 00:07:12 00:00:51 00:12:39 00:00:57 00:08:24
10 Rodrigo Gonzalez MEX 00:30:31 00:07:20 00:00:50 00:13:23 00:00:51 00:08:10

ELITE DONNE
1 Mariya Shorets RUS 00:33:12 00:08:26 00:00:54 00:13:57 00:00:58 00:08:58
2 Anastasia Abrosimova RUS 00:34:09 00:08:30 00:01:03 00:13:46 00:01:03 00:09:50
3 Valentina Zapatrina RUS 00:34:16 00:08:41 00:01:02 00:13:37 00:01:02 00:09:56
4 Long Hoi MAC 00:34:20 00:08:38 00:00:56 00:14:21 00:01:02 00:09:24
5 Anastasia Gorbunova RUS 00:34:39 00:08:44 00:01:06 00:13:28 00:01:13 00:10:11
6 Elle Leahy AUS 00:34:41 00:08:53 00:00:59 00:13:59 00:00:57 00:09:55
7 Simona Simunkova CZE 00:34:56 00:08:50 00:01:05 00:14:09 00:00:59 00:09:55
8 Severine Bouchez CAN 00:35:11 00:08:30 00:01:00 00:14:48 00:01:03 00:09:52
9 Anastasia Shorets RUS 00:35:19 00:09:02 00:01:04 00:13:55 00:01:05 00:10:16
10 Ivana Kuriackova SVK 00:36:23 00:08:49 00:01:06 00:14:41 00:01:12 00:10:36
11 Ekaterina Matiukh RUS 00:37:03 00:08:40 00:01:02 00:15:04 00:01:10 00:11:10

UNDER23 UOMINI
1 Jonas Schomburg TUR 00:30:00 00:07:12 00:00:51 00:12:39 00:00:57 00:08:24
2 Richard Allen GBR 00:31:06 00:07:04 00:00:54 00:13:01 00:01:00 00:09:09
3 Leong Tim Law HKG 00:33:09 00:07:59 00:00:59 00:13:36 00:01:03 00:09:33

UNDER23 DONNE
1 Anastasia Gorbunova RUS 00:34:39 00:08:44 00:01:06 00:13:28 00:01:13 00:10:11
2 Severine Bouchez CAN 00:35:11 00:08:30 00:01:00 00:14:48 00:01:03 00:09:52
3 Ivana Kuriackova SVK 00:36:23 00:08:49 00:01:06 00:14:41 00:01:12 00:10:36

JUNIOR UOMINI
1 Michael Oliwa POL 00:29:48 00:07:26 00:00:50 00:12:01 00:00:56 00:08:38
2 Alexis Kardes FRA 00:30:45 00:07:21 00:00:53 00:13:22 00:00:54 00:08:17
3 Jose Gabriel Solorzano VEN 00:33:04 00:07:22 00:00:55 00:14:49 00:00:58 00:09:01

JUNIOR DONNE
1 Elle Leahy AUS 00:34:41 00:08:53 00:00:59 00:13:59 00:00:57 00:09:55
2 Simona Simunkova CZE 00:34:56 00:08:50 00:01:05 00:14:09 00:00:59 00:09:55
3 Anastasia Shorets RUS 00:35:19 00:09:02 00:01:04 00:13:55 00:01:05 00:10:16