Jawad Abdelmoula was with the leaders for all of today’s World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong and as he moved onto the run, the Moroccan established an incredible gap, on the entire field, to win World Cup gold. Abdelmoula, a former runner and new to the World Triathlon scene, was thrilled to take top step on the podium in Tongyeong today.
Alessio Crociani of Italy was able to
improve on his fourth place in last week’s World Triathlon Cup Haeundae, to
earn silver in Tongyeong and Spain’s Sergio Baxter Cabrera earnt his first
World Cup medal with bronze.
Tongyeong, off the southern coast of
Korea, set the stage for the final World Cup races of the 2021 season.
Conditions remained cool for the elite men’s race with the water temperature at
19.4 degrees Celsius and the air temperature 16.3 degrees Celsius, as 48 men
set off to race in the final World Cup of the season.
Italy’s Alessio Crociani and
Australia’s Max Stapley opened up an initial gap, to lead the final strokes of
the 750m swim in the World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong.
In the early stage of the bike
course, the elite men formed a strong six-person group, 10-seconds ahead of the
next group of athletes. Max Stapley of Australia led the charge but it wasn’t
long before the two front groups had formed one giant train of over 20-elite
men, hunting for World Cup triumph.
This mass group of men featured
Italy’s Michele Sarzilla, Hungary’s Gabor Faldum, Mexico’s Rodrigo Gonzalez,
Canda’s Martin Sobey and Antoine Duval of France.
There was a lot of bike and run power
in the main group of athletes and the hilly course was surely testing the best
of them. The group powered across the 20km course together and on the final
lap, Japan’s Ren Sato attempted a breakaway.
A group of 10 elite men were
established and working well together, 30-seconds down on the leading athletes.
The leading group charged into the
second transition together and, with slick transitions, bolted out onto the
5-kilometre run course. This fierce group now had opened up the gap to
45-seconds.
Almost immediately on the run, Jawad
Abdelmoula took control to lead the race. Abdelmoula, a former runner, who has
only competed in five World Triathlon races to date, worked hard up the hill
each time to keep the momentum going, extending the gap every lap.
The Moroccan triathlete kept looking
over his shoulder but with no men in sight, continued his surge. No other
athlete on course could match his run speed today.
Abdelmoula looked smooth as he
entered the finish chute and glided comfortably down the blue-carpet, to win
gold in the 2021 World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong.
“I was really happy today because
last week I was on the third pack on the bike. Today I was very happy as I was
on the first pack and ran very good. I was just very happy today to win today,”
Abdelmoula.
Italy’s Alessio Crociani, who stuck
with the leaders all day, claimed the silver medal in Tongyeong.
“Wow, I am very happy with these
Korean races. I am very happy today because I ran very fast and a big
progression. I have a big sprint so I finished second today.”
“I like this place, it’s a good
training area. I love Tongyeong,” Crociani said.
Spain’s Sergio Baxter Cabrera
delivered an outstanding performance to earn his first World Cup medal,
securing the bronze.
“I was coming into this race, after a
few doubts, especially after last weekend in Haeundae. I was looking forward to
finishing my season with a strong race. I am over the moon with a podium, it’s
my first podium of a World Cup and it’s given me confidence for next season and
next Olympic cycle,” said Cabrera.
Review the full men’s results. https://triathlon.org/results/result/2021_world_triathlon_cup_tongyeong?mc_cid=30c2b1e269&mc_eid=6139649918
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Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
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