GBR’s Avil new World Junior Champ

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By World Triathlon Admin | 30 Aug, 2007

Great Britain’s Hollie Avil is the new junior women’s triathlon world champion, winning today with a time of 59 minutes and 43 seconds. Ashleigh Gentle of Australia took the silver, just 11 seconds back while hometown favorite Rebecca Robisch came across the line for her bronze for the second straight year.

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On a cool grey morning in Hamburg 66 junior women from 27 countries took the start line to open the 19th triathlon world championships. As they came off the bike, Robisch led the women as they headed out onto the 5-km run course. But within the first lap, she was reeled in by the Avil, the reigning junior European champion. Avil held on and coasted to the finish line for her first world title.

Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships – Final Junior Women’s Results:
1st – Hollie Avil (GBR) 0:59:43
2nd – Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) 00:59:54 +0:00:11
3rd – Rebecca Robisch (GER) 01:00:10 +0:00:26
4th – Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) 01:00:36 +0:00:53
5th – Zsofia Toth (HUN) 01:00:44 +0:01:01
6th - Paula Findlay (CAN) 01:00:52 + 0:01:08
7th – Kirsty McWilliam (GBR) 01:00:55 + 0:01:12
8th – Charlotte Morel (FRA) 01:01:00 + 0:01:17
9th – Anja Knapp (GER) 01:01:08 + 0:01:25
10th – Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 01:01:12 + 0:01:28

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Related Event: 2007 Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships

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Results: Elite Men
1.	Daniel Unger	GER	01:43:18
2.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:43:22
3.	Brad Kahlefeldt	AUS	01:43:35
4.	Simon Whitfield	CAN	01:43:40
5.	William Clarke	GBR	01:43:44
6.	Jan Frodeno	GER	01:43:57
7.	Terenzo Bozzone	NZL	01:44:04
8.	Stuart Hayes	GBR	01:44:07
9.	Bevan Docherty	NZL	01:44:22
10.	Tim Don	GBR	01:44:27

Results: Elite Women
1.	Vanessa Fernandes	POR	01:53:27
2.	Emma Snowsill	AUS	01:54:31
3.	Laura Bennett	USA	01:54:37
4.	Emma Moffatt	AUS	01:54:54
5.	Ricarda Lisk	GER	01:54:59
6.	Anja Dittmer	GER	01:55:04
7.	Magali Di Marco Messmer	SUI	01:55:09
8.	Joelle Tesche	GER	01:55:15
9.	Jessica Harrison	FRA	01:55:26
10.	Sarah Haskins	USA	01:55:27

Results: U23 Men
1.	Gregor Buchholz	GER	01:49:31
2.	Brendan Sexton	AUS	01:49:33
3.	Ivan Vasiliev	RUS	01:49:40
4.	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	01:49:44
5.	Sebastian Rank	GER	01:49:46
6.	Thomas Springer	AUT	01:49:59
7.	David Hauss	FRA	01:50:00
8.	Helge Muetschard	GER	01:50:31
9.	Alexander Bryukhankov	RUS	01:50:36
10.	Charles Rusterholz	SUI	01:51:00

Results: U23 Women
1.	Lisa Norden	SWE	02:01:24
2.	Jasmine Oeinck	USA	02:02:15
3.	Renáta Koch	HUN	02:02:40
4.	Rosie Clarke	GBR	02:02:45
5.	Anastasiya Polyanskaya Yatsenko	RUS	02:03:43
6.	Keiko Tanaka	JPN	02:03:49
7.	Kathrin Muller	GER	02:04:07
8.	Kelly Bruce	NZL	02:04:21
9.	Samantha Beenie	AUS	02:04:54
10.	Camille Cierpik	FRA	02:05:02

Results: Junior Men
1.	Aurelien Raphael	FRA	00:53:43
2.	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:54:09
3.	Vincent Luis	FRA	00:54:14
4.	Artem Parienko	RUS	00:54:31
5.	Denis Vasiliev	RUS	00:54:40
6.	Joshua Amberger	AUS	00:54:46
7.	Giulio Molinari	ITA	00:54:50
8.	Joao Silva	POR	00:54:59
9.	Etienne Diemunsch	FRA	00:55:01
10.	Samuel Betten	AUS	00:55:11

Results: Junior Women
1.	Hollie Avil	GBR	00:59:43
2.	Ashleigh Gentle	AUS	00:59:54
3.	Rebecca Robisch	GER	01:00:10
4.	Yuliya Yelistratova	UKR	01:00:36
5.	Zsófia Tóth	HUN	01:00:43
6.	Paula Findlay	CAN	01:00:52
7.	Kirsty Mcwilliam	GBR	01:00:55
8.	Charlotte Morel	FRA	01:00:58
9.	Anja Knapp	GER	01:01:08
10.	Zsófia Kovács	HUN	01:01:12