2009 ITU World Championship Series

The 2009 ITU World Championship Series was a series of seven triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on September 2009. The series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon – the International Triathlon Union (ITU) – and was sponsored by Dextro Energy. The 2009 World Championship Series (WCS) was the first year of a change in format replacing the single World Championship race of prior years.[1] Additionally, points accumulated in 2009 ITU Triathlon World Cup events would contribute to an athletes overall point total in the Championship Series.

Series events

The series featured on four continents in the inaugural year, stopping in some locations previously used as successful World Cup race destinations, as well as the first chance for athletes to try out the venue of the 2012 Olympic Triathlon at Hyde Park in London.

Date[2] Location Status
2–3 May South Korea Tongyeong Event
30–31 May Spain Madrid, Spain Event
20–21 June United States Washington, DC, United States Event
11–12 July Austria Kitzbühel, Austria Event
25–26 July Germany Hamburg, Germany Event
15–16 August United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Event
22–23 August Japan Yokohama, Japan Event
9–13 September Australia Gold Coast, Australia Grand Final

Prize purses

The prize purses offered to the top performers during the series were significantly greater than previous World Championship events, with a total of US$700,000 being distributed. Additionally $150,000 was distributed at each of the 2009 World Championship Events, and $250,000 at the Grand Final.[3]

Results

Overall world championship

Points were distributed at each World Championship Event to the top 40 finishers in the men's and women's elite races, and to the top 50 finishers at the Grand Final. Points towards the ITU World Championship ranking could also be obtained at the World Cup events. The sum of each athlete's best four points scores in the World Championship and World Cup Events (maximum of two World Cup scores) and the points score from the World Championship Grand Final determined the final ranking.[4]

Men's championship

Rank Name Nation World Cups World Championship Events Grand
Final		 Total
1 2 KOR ESP USA AUT GER UK JPN
1 Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 800 800 800 800 1200 4400
2 Javier Gomez  Spain 203 685 740 740 685 1110 3960
3 Maik Petzold  Germany 633 685 633 542 397 950 3443
4 Jan Frodeno  Germany 257 397 542 397 800 1027 3163
5 Steffen Justus  Germany 586 429 633 740 752 3140
6 Laurent Vidal  France 220 464 314 501 685 586 633 643 3048
7 Courtney Atkinson  Australia 300 300 397 740 339 501 464 879 2980
8 Kris Gemmell  New Zealand 278 237 633 429 501 685 740 345 2904
9 Dmitry Polyanski  Russia 300 685 501 397 464 314 813 2860
10 Jarrod Shoemaker  United States 220 174 542 339 464 800 542 436 2783

Full ranking:[5]

Women's championship

Rank Name Nation World Cups World Championship Events Grand
Final		 Total
1 2 KOR ESP USA AUT GER UK JPN
1 Emma Moffatt  Australia 300 278 740 800 800 800 1200 4340
2 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 188 740 314 740 740 800 1100 4130
3 Andrea Hewitt  New Zealand 203 41 800 542 685 429 740 695 3462
4 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 257 174 464 685 685 542 248 813 3187
5 Helen Jenkins  Great Britain 149 290 248 586 586 685 1027 3173
6 Sarah Haskins  United States 161 586 633 542 429 950 3139
7 Juri Ide  Japan 300 685 464 685 345 2479
8 Magali Di Marco Messmer   Switzerland 237 501 542 197 314 314 314 752 2423
9 Jessica Harrison  France 339 685 501 197 643 2365
10 Annabel Luxford  Australia 188 248 290 586 879 2191

Full ranking:[6]

Event medalists

Tongyeong

2–3 May 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Bevan Docherty  New Zealand 1:50:25 Emma Snowsill  Australia 2:02:42
Brad Kahlefeldt  Australia 1:50:25 Emma Moffatt  Australia 2:02:52
Dmitry Polyanskiy  Russia 1:50:30 Juri Ide  Japan 2:03:30

Madrid

30–31 May 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 1:51:26 Andrea Hewitt  New Zealand 2:05:58
Courtney Atkinson  Australia 1:52:14 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 2:05:59
Javier Gomez  Spain 1:52:18 Jessica Harrison  France 2:05:59

Washington, DC

20–21 June 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 1:48:58 Emma Moffatt  Australia 1:59:55
Javier Gomez  Spain 1:49:11 Emma Snowsill  Australia 2:00:20
Maik Petzold  Germany 1:49:24 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 2:01:01

Kitzbühel

11–12 July 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 1:43:13 Emma Moffatt  Australia 1:54:38
Javier Gomez  Spain 1:43:21 Nicola Spirig   Switzerland 1:55:12
Laurent Vidal  France 1:43:24 Andrea Hewitt  New Zealand 1:55:17

Hamburg

25–26 July 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Jarrod Shoemaker  United States 1:44:06 Emma Moffatt  Australia 1:56:12
Brad Kahlefeldt  Australia 1:44:14 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 1:57:06
Alexander Brukhankov  Russia 1:44:16 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 1:57:39

London

15–16 August 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 1:41:50 Nicola Spirig   Switzerland 1:54:24
Steffen Justus  Germany 1:41:58 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 1:54:26
Kris Gemmell  New Zealand 1:42:01 Helen Jenkins  Great Britain 1:54:29

Yokohama

22–23 August 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Jan Frodeno  Germany 1:44:31 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 1:55:55
Kris Gemmell  New Zealand 1:44:49 Andrea Hewitt  New Zealand 1:56:00
Javier Gomez  Spain 1:44:51 Juri Ide  Japan 1:56:03

Gold Coast – Grand Final

9–13 September 2009[7]

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
Alistair Brownlee  Great Britain 1:44:51 Emma Moffatt  Australia 1:59:14
Javier Gomez  Spain 1:44:57 Lisa Nordén  Sweden 1:59:19
Jan Frodeno  Germany 1:45:21 Helen Jenkins  Great Britain 1:59:41

References

  1. ↑ Carlson, Timothy (12 September 2008). "ITU replaces one-day Elite World Championship with new six-race ‘Super Series’". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Kitzbühel". Kitzbühel Tourismus. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  3. ↑ "Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series". ITU. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  4. ↑ "Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2009: Ranking Criteria" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  5. ↑ "2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships Men's Standings" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  6. ↑ "2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships Women's Standings" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  7. ↑ "All Results for 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final Gold Coast". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-17.

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Coordinates: 28°01′S 153°24′E / 28.02°S 153.4°E / -28.02; 153.4 (Gold Coast, Queensland)

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