Bermuda’s Erica Hawley finished 13th in the elite women’s race at the World Triathlon Cup Tongyeong in South Korea today [October 24], recording the fastest bike split in the field.
Hawley completed the sprint-distance event in 57 minutes and 31 seconds, finishing 49 seconds behind China’s Xinyu Lin.
The Bermudian clocked 9:11 for the 750-metre swim, followed by 29:47 over the 19.8-kilometre bike course and 17:21 for the closing five-kilometre run. Her bike split was one second quicker than Italy’s Verena Steinhauser, who recorded the second-fastest time.
Lin won in 56:42, with fellow Chinese athlete Anqi Huang second in 56:45 and France’s Mathilde Gautier third in 56:47. The race attracted 48 starters, with 46 athletes finishing.
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