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The Test Event for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games produced an incredible scenario, in which the four French women entered unfortunately played no part.
Firstly, the run was shortened from 10 km to 5 km due to excessively high temperatures before the start of the event. Secondly, the first two women to finish, Britons Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jessica Learnmonth, were disqualified for not contesting the finish (rule 2.11.f of the international regulations).
Victory therefore went to Flora Duffy of Bermuda, a two-time short-distance triathlon world champion (2016, 2017) returning after a year without competition at this level due to a long injury. Italy’s Alice Betto took 2nd place and Britain’s Vicky Holland 3rd.
?️RACE NEWS: Elite women’s Tokyo Test event.
Comeback gold for Flora Duffy as several athletes book #Tokyo2020 Olympic places. Tokyo saw Duffy emerge victorious from a demanding Test Event in the most unexpected fashion.https://t.co/A1d3rCQhGX
?@DellyPhotoNinja #TokyoTestEvent pic.twitter.com/P0pw0C8v3P— World Triathlon (@worldtriathlon) August 15, 2019
On the French side,Cassandre Beaugrand,Léonie Périault,Émilie Morier and Sandra Dodet did not make an impact on the race.Did the hot and humid conditions hinder the French team?The swim,contested in two loops with an Australian exit,had already relegated Cassandre Beaugrand,despite being an excellent swimmer,to around fifteenth place.
The 40 km bike and 5 km run did not allow our representatives to move to the front.
In the end,Émilie Morier finished as the top Frenchwoman in 12th place.Cassandre Beaugrand was 19th,Léonie Périault 20th,and Sandra Dodet 38th.
None of them therefore met the selection criterion of the French Triathlon Federation(finishing on the podium)to directly secure their bib for the Olympic event.
@emiliemorier 1ère??du#TestEventde Tokyo avec une 12e place.@CassandreBeaugr19e@LeoniePerio20e@SandraDodet38e.
Plus d’infos=>https:diffusion@lachainelequipe15/08-11h30@worldtriathlon@franceolympiquepic.twitter.com/6SSsosQMW3— F.F.TRI.(@FFTRI)August 15,2019
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