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Wellington - THE force to be reckoned with!

2 Sep 2008

This weekend, as she has done all year (Ironman Australia, Ironman Germany, Timberman, Alpe d’Huez…), the talented Miss Wellington delivered another demonstration of long-course power by battering her opponents into submission, taking the ITU World Long Distance Championship in Almere, Netherlands by a frightening (for her opponents…) margin of almost 18 minutes. blueseventy’s supergal Wellington exited the water in fourth and went on to monster the bike and run to take the Championship without any question.
It was only two years ago, that Chrissie was winning the ITU Age Group World Champs in Lausanne. Of course, she won that by a decisive margin too (in standard distance terms anyway), of four minutes.

ITU World Long Distance Championship, Almere, Netherlands
Elite Women’s results:         
1 Chrissie Wellington GBR 6:12:44
2 Charlotte Kolters DAN 6:30:15
3 Yvonne van Vlerken NED 6:31:56

Elite Men’s results:
1 Julien Loy FRA 5:43:22
2 François Chabaud FRA 5:45:36
3 Martin Jensen DAN 5:46:59