2016 Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup
29 Oct, 2016 • Miyazaki, Japan
Ai Ueda has finished 2016 on a high winning at home in front of a parochial crowd that lifted her to the inaugural Miyazaki ITU World Cup title today.
Following a strong year of results, claiming bronze in front of a home crowd at WTS Yokohama, and silver last weekend at the Tongyeong ITU World Cup she again saved her best performance to last with a come from behind win. Summer Cook (USA) took the silver and compatriot Renee Tomlin (USA) bronze.
women´s highlights
| 1 | Ai | Ueda | 1983 | JPN | |||||||
| 2 | Summer | Cook | 1991 | USA | |||||||
| 3 | Renee | Tomlin | 1988 | USA | |||||||
| 4 | Sara | Vilic | 1992 | AUT | |||||||
| 5 | Elena | Danilova | 1991 | RUS |
women´s results
It was an event that provided a podium of firsts as Spaniard Uxio Abuin Ares captured back to back wins and the first gold medal at the inaugural 2016 Miyazaki ITU World Cup. While the other two podium spots were earned by Joao Silva (POR) and Gregory Billington (USA), backing up from a top ten finish in Tongyeong last weekend.
men´s highlights
| 1 | Uxio | Abuin Ares | 1991 | ESP | |||||||
| 2 | Joao | Silva | 1989 | POR | |||||||
| 3 | Gregory | Billington | 1989 | USA | |||||||
| 4 | Simon | De Cuyper | 1986 | BEL | |||||||
| 5 | Eder | Mejia Muñoz | 1987 | MEX |
men´s results @ITU photos by Delly Carr |
