Warriner wins her sixth world cup title

Kiwi triathlete Sam Warriner today collected her sixth ITU BG World Cup title with victory in Tongyeong, South Korea.

The Beijing bound Kiwi took control early in the run after a perfect race that saw her with the leading pack out of the 1500m swim and never lose contact with the leaders on the bike.

The Whangarei based athlete was thrilled with the win, especially given where she is at with regards her preparation for Beijing.

“Absolutely, I am so happy. I have just spent four months in New Zealand on the base phase of my training so to win at this stage is a bonus. There is such a long way to go yet, I am only making my transition from base to strength phase in training so yes, I’m really stoked with today.”

Warriner emerged early in the run alongside teenage British athlete Holy Avil and Vendula Frintova (CZE) and went about putting in a number of surges to drop both. Frintova was the first to fall away and Avil went on the final time through transition as the athletes climbed a small incline.

Warriner was pleased with the run today.

“Of the three disciplines the run was probably the best, especially given the huge mileage I am doing in training, to actually lead from the front and when challenged to hold them off and be strong right through. The Swim was also good though, I was out with lead pack, which was the goal today.”

Tongyeong ITU BG World Cup, South Korea

Results: Elite Women

Sam Warriner (Whangarei, NZL)

1:49:49

Holly Avil (GBR)

+0:00:09

Vendula Frintova (CZE)