Sebastian Kienle from Germany took home the main win of the professional part of The Championship 2019. The champion title in the women\u2019s part of the race went to the British athlete Lucy Charles-Barclay, who\u2019s won the Samorin race for the third time this year.<\/p>\n
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The hot summer weather has kicked off the last day of this year\u2019s world championship in middle distance triathlon in the x bionic sphere in Samorin in Slovakia. The stable water levels of the Danube have allowed racers from 60 countries start the championship in the wild river that they have been looking forward to. Hundreds of volunteers and visitors from every corner of the world completed a\u00a0great atmosphere of the event, cheering on the athletes from the first minute up until the finish line.<\/p>\n
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The crowd focused mostly on the Slovak racers and the star triathletes who have succeeded here in the previous years. German Sebastian Kienle has finished his swim in the Danube in the 5th place, but he\u2019s gradually taken a\u00a0lead in the following disciplines. After a\u00a0dramatic run, Kienle reached the finish run first and took home his first win in Samorin after the last year\u2019s silver position with a\u00a0record time 3:38:49.<\/p>\n
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\u201eEverybody has fought at their limits today,\u201c said Sebastian. \u201eDuring the run I\u00a0said to myself, I\u00a0still have some energy left and I\u2019m not going to need it later today, so I\u00a0completely emptied the tank,\u201c said the triathlete who has beat several of the competing racers before the finish line.<\/p>\n
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Fantastic Lucy Charles-Barclay from Great Britain has seen a\u00a0great success and has managed to get a\u00a0head start right from the beginning. She has run through the finish line at 4:00:25, before the Czech athlete Radka Kahlefeldt Vodi\u010dkova, who finished at 4:05:37. \u201eThe water was really cold today and the current was pretty strong too, but overall my swim was pretty good and I\u00a0was happy,\u201c said Lucy after her third big win at the Samorin track. And although she fell of her bike at one point, she managed to keep her spirits up throughout the race up right until the amazing finish.<\/p>\n
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Local fans offered a\u00a0lot of support to Filip Sebo, who enjoyed the race at his home turf on Sunday. Laszlo Tarnai from Hungary also complimented the atmosphere and support from the fans and ran to the finish at 4:19:25.<\/p>\n
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\u201eThis is my first time here. Last year I\u00a0didn\u2019t qualify, so we tasked ourselves, why not use the opportunity, and it has been a\u00a0great experience,\u201c said Tarnai after the race. \u201eIt\u2019s very nice here, not just the track, but also the spectators. There\u2019s a\u00a0lot of Hungarians here and they were supporting me and that gave me a\u00a0really big push,\u201c he added.<\/p>\n
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We have also seen a\u00a0fantastic race in the sunny weather and the cold 14\u00b0C water by Belgian Pieter Heemeryck who finished second with 3:39:21 and a\u00a0US athlete Rudolphe von Berg who got the third best time with 4:07:17.<\/p>\n
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Spectators were also impressed by a\u00a0wonderful power of two paratriathletes Rudy Garcia Tolson and\u00a0Andy Lewis who raced alongside other athletes on Sunday and brought out a\u00a0huge determination and inspiration for all of the visitors and athletes at the championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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