Emerging from the excitement of the highly successful London 2012 Olympic Games, the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series visits eight cities in four continents as the world’s top triathletes compete head-to-head to be crowned the 2013 ITU World Champion.
Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) gets the win on the 8km course, at 21:04, winning by four seconds.
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) gets the win at 17:51, defending the junior women’s title she won in 2011.
Finland Team 1 wins their 7th World title, in the 13 year history, edging out Team Canada 1 by .52 points. Team USA 1 was 3rd and USA 2 was 8th.
After the short program, Team Canada 1 leads over Team USA 1 by .97 points.
Canada’s three year winning streak has ended, as the European champs Sweden get the win 8-6.
Niklas Edin talks about his Swedish teaming winning the world championship.
Although Canada would go on to loses 8-6, E.J. Harnden nailed a stunning three take out shot early in the first end.
In the Bronze medal game, with their backs against the wall, all Denmark could do was score one point- at best, but skip Rasmus Stjerne pulled a triple knock out to score two.
Denmark managed to crawl back into the match throughout the game, but it wasn’t quire enough, as Scotland took the Bronze 7-6.
Scotland skip David Murdoch talks about his team’s Bronze medal win.
This event is a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
Both Brad Jacobs and Ryan Fry nailed some amazing shots to give Canada the win 8-6, as they advance to the semi-final.
Canada defeats Denmark 8-6 and advances to the Semi-Final. Denmark, meanwhile, waits for the loser of the Semi-Final in the Bronze match.
This event is a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
For the second year in a row Tae-Bum Mo (KOR) gets the win. Although he was third in the first race, he managed a big win in the second and won the overall by .06 seconds.
Heather Richardson (USA) takes 6th in the first race, but then 10th in the second, so she finished 8th overall, .68 seconds off the podium.
For the second year in a row, the Dutch Men take the team title by 2.57 seconds over Korea.
For the second year in a row, Sang-Hwa Lee (KOR) scores the win, winning both heats as the only one under 38 seconds both times.
For the second year in a row, the Dutch Women take the team title by 4.89 seconds over Poland.
For the sixth straight time (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) Martina Sábliková (CZE) remains the 5,000m champion, winning by 8.65 seconds.
Last year he took 2nd and this season he gets the win, leading Netherland’s sweep, followed by the great Sven Kramer and last years champ Bob de Jong.
As Russia marches towards the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, things look good as Olga Fatkulina gets a championship win for the home crowd by .27 seconds in the Women’s 1000m.
In the Women’s 1000m, Brittany Bowe (USA) beats last years champ, Christine Nesbitt (CAN) by .15 seconds to take 3rd, .43 seconds out of first.
Shani Davis (USA) finished with a time of 1:09:30, losing to winner Denis Kuzin by .16 seconds. Davis finished 2nd in yesterday’s 1500m.
Denis Kuzin (KAZ) surprised everyone by finishing with a winning time of 1:09.14. Although Kuzin is ranked 9th in the world, a win here gives him his first international podium.
Ireen Wust (NED), paired against Christine Nesbitt, picked up another world title when she finished with a winning time of 1:55.38. Wust won yesterday’s 3,000m.
Sven Kramer (NED) was the clear favorite of the day, finishing with a winning time of 6:14:41over 2nd place Jorrit Bergsma. Kramer has not been beaten in the 5000m this season.
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Going against the defending champ Martina Sablikova (CZE), Ireen Wust (NED) finished with a winning time of 4:02.43. Sablikova finished 2nd in the event, trailing Wust by 2.37 seconds.
Skating in front o his home crowd, Denis Yuskov (RUS) finished with a time of 1:46.32, beating 2nd place Shani Davis by .51 seconds. Yuskov picked up 35.44 points with his win.
Shani Davis (USA) finished with an impressive time of 1:46.83. Although Davis’ time was good, it would later be beaten by skater Denis Yuskov (RUS) after he skated 0.51 seconds faster than Davis.
After losing to Scotland in the Semi-final, Canada was back to face USA again for bronze, which they took 8-6, after scoring 3 in the third end.
Rachel Homan (CAN) talks about losing the semi-final, but then beating USA for the Bronze.
In a match that went down to the the last stone of the10th end, it was Scotland that walked away victorious over Sweden with a final score of 5-4. This is Scotland’s first world title since 2002.
Eve Muirhead of team Scotland talks about how special it is to win a world title after a ten year drought.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
In the final playoff game, Canada started strong and then held on for the win 7-6; Team USA moves on to the Bronze medal game.
The American skip Erika Brown nails a great shot in the 3rd end, though it only helped to lessen the damage as Canada would still win 7-6.
Canadian skip Rachel Homan talks about beating the USA and moving on to the Gold medal semi-final match.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
This event is also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds.
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