庭田清美選手、今期2度目のW杯表彰台！　　050719-1

庭田清美選手、今期2度目のW 杯表彰台！ ITU ワールドカップ・コーナーブルック大会(7月17日）において庭田清美選手が 5月15日の石垣島 W 杯の銀メダルに続いて、トップから61秒差の3位の 銅メダルを獲得した。庭田選手は、9月の世界選手権蒲郡大会に向け、 順調な仕上がり状況が伺える。 Whitcombe Wins on the hills of Corner Brook 14 July, 2005: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada: For immediate release: A cool, misty morning in Corner Brook gave way to sunny calm racing conditions by the time the elite women hit the water for the start of the 8th Corner Brook ITU World Cup Triathlon. Canada’s Christine Jeffrey led the field through the 3 lap, 1500m swim in Glynmill Pond with Julie Swail of the USA on her toes. Despite the 15.5 degree water, 11 of the competitors were out of the water under 20 minutes. Jeffrey won the swim prime as the first out of the water in a time of 19:07. Julie Swail was the first up the steep 500m hill to the swim to bike transition and was joined by Jeffrey, Sarah Haskins of the USA and Pip Taylor of Australia to form a tight group at the front of the bike. A few seconds behind was Kiyomi Niwata of Japan who rode the first of the 6 lap bike course alone trying to catch the leaders. The big chase pack included Canadian teammates Tara Ross, Carolyn Murray, Genevieve Pellerin, Gillian Kornell, Jessica Kirkwood and Lauren Groves, as well as Jasmine Oeinch of the USA. By the end of the 2nd lap Niwata and the chase group had caught the leaders to form a group of 15 at the front. The chase group then became Mirinda Carfrae of Australia and Michelle Dillon of Great Britain joining up with Genevieve Pellerin of Canada and Caroline Kearney of Ireland. A lead group of 15 can sometimes be a handicap in terms of working together to increase the lead, but this was not the case today. With a great cyclist such as Mirinda Carfrae in the chase pack, one would predict the chasers to make up some time on the leaders, but this was not the case as the leaders gained an average of 10 seconds per lap until by the bell lap when they had a whopping 2:20 lead. The 2 bike primes for the first across the line on lap 2 and 5 were won by Sarah Haskins of the USA and Jessica Kirkwood of Canada. The lead group sped through the bike to run transition with Carolyn Murray emerging first onto the 4 lap, 10km very hilly run. The rest of the lead group was onto the run moments later. Andrea Whitcombe, who represented Great Britain in Athletics before discovering the joysof triathlon, took an early lead on the 4 lap, 10km run with Kornell, Niwata, Swail, and Murray close behind trying to stay in touch. Whitcombe put together a brilliant run following the tough bike course and extended her lead on every lap. The real action was behind with a seesaw battle taking place between Julie Swail and Kiyomi Niwata for the rest of the podium places. Whitcombe coasted to victory amid the thunder of the crowd, as Swail out sprinted Niwata for 2nd place. Gillian Kornell posted her best World Cup finish in 4th and Michelle Dillon posted the fastest run split of the day to round out the top 5. Top 10 results are Place, Name, Country 　　　　　Time 1.　 Andrea Whitcombe, GBR　　　　2:08:47 2.　 Julie Swail, USA　　　　　　　　　2:09:38 3.　 Kiyomi Niwata, JPN　　　　　　　2:09:48 4.　 Gillian Kornell, CAN　　　　　　　2:10:04 5.　 Michelle Dillon, GBR　　　　　　 2:10:17 6.　 Lauren Groves, CAN　　　　　　2:10:30 7.　 Sarah Haskins, USA　　　　　　 2:10:49 8.　 Carolyn Murray, CAN　　　　　 2:10:55 9.　 Mirinda Carfrae, AUS　　　　　 2:11:20 10. Jessica Kirkwood, CAN　　　　 2:11:20 Five countries finished in the top 10, a further indication of Triathlon’s universality as a sport.