Thousands of amateur athletes took to the streets of Chicago for the 2015 World Championships.USA made use of home advance topping the medal tally with 106 gold, silver and bronze medals collected throughout the week. Australia finished second with 22, followed by Great Britain with 21.Click for more here - http://www.triathlon.org/
Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) became the most successful man in ITU World Championship history when he completed a drive for five world titles as the overall winner of the World Triathlon Series with a second-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Chicago.
USA’s Gwen Jorgensen was crowned royalty for a second time after winning her 12th straight race at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final Chicago, completing a perfect undefeated WTS season.
Laura Lindemann was crowned the 2015 Junior Women World Champion for the second year in a row on Friday.
When thunderstorms caused the men’s 2015 ITU World Championship men’s junior race to be delayed and shifted to a duathlon.
Richard Murray (RSA) put together a remarkable day under tough and chilly conditions to secure his second ever World Triathlon Series win in Edmonton.
Vicky Holland (GBR) scorched through the run at the penultimate race of the 2015 World Triathlon Series in Edmonton to score her second World Triathlon win of the year. Behind her, Flora Duffy (BER) and Gillian Backhouse (AUS) completed the podium, with Duffy securing her highest WTS finish ever, while the bronze for Backhouse was her first WTS medal.
Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) is no stranger to the top of the podium, but the one race he had yet to win was the ITU World Triathlon Stockholm. That all changed on July 23rd, 2015 as the Spaniard finally captured the gold medal and was able to proudly add WTS Stockholm to the long list of victories.
Sarah True defended her title as the American dominated the run leg to bring home a back-to-back title in the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Stockholm event. Reclaiming the crown after winning her first WTS title in Stockholm last year, True picked up her first WTS victory of the season with a time of 2:01:05.
Proving that she is also capable at dominating in a sprint, USA’s Gwen Jorgensen claimed victory at the 2015 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg. With Great Britain’s Vicky Holland giving Jorgensen some pressured competition up until the last 500 metres, the 11-time WTS consecutive winner showcased her speed and pure talent by breaking away on the blue carpet to ultimately take home yet another gold.
