TRIATHLON – WTCS Leeds 2021 Women: Maya Kingma Wins, Cassandre Beaugrand Finishes 8th

With 50 days to go until the Tokyo Olympic event, Leeds hosted the 2nd round of the 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series today, after Yokohama a few weeks ago.

In the short distance format (1.5-40-10), victory went to Maya Kingma, her first on the world circuit. The Dutchwoman won in 1h54’26 ahead of two Britons, Jessica Learnmonth at 11 seconds and Sophie Coldwell at 20 seconds.

Maya Kingma wins her first WTSC gold medal with a dominant performance in #WTCSLeeds

Silver for Jessica Learmonth GBR
Bronze for Sophie Coldwell and a first-ever WTCS medalhttps://t.co/3Bvm0mNQwk@triathlonNL @WorldTriLeeds @BritTri @Jess_Learmonth pic.twitter.com/QXl72amRr0

— World Triathlon (@worldtriathlon) June 6, 2021

For France, Cassandre Beaugrand, distanced after a swim leg blown open by Lucy Charles, took 8th place. Émilie Morier finished 32nd.

Lucy Charles, accustomed to longer formats and twice 2nd at the Ironman Hawaii, took a good 5th place, 2’24 behind the winner in her very first WTCS.

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