Vodafone Dublin City Triathlon 2013 - Unravel Travel TV

The Vodafone Dublin City Triathlon also hosted the Standard Distance National Championships and attracted almost 1000 competitors and a top class field for both the men and women's races. Unsurprisingly the swim was led out by Gavin Noble who was followed 30 seconds back by Brian Harris of Base2Race and Kevin Thornton a further 45 seconds behind. Deirdre Casey, Siobhan Gallagher and Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu were very closely matched during the opening leg and exited the water within a matter of seconds of each other. Onto the bike in the men's race and Gavin Noble continued to push the pace holding onto and extending his lead. Noted biker Bryan McCrystal was well back out of the water but clocked 59 min 40sec for the 40km bike to bring him right through the field. Rachel Glendon and Joyce Wolfe were also clocking quick bike times and started to make up time on the women's leaders. On the 10km cross country run Gavin Noble was cruising, going on to take the National Championships in a time of 1.57.25. European Age Group Champion, Kevin Thornton finished 2nd in 2.01.24 with the fast running Rory Sexton 3rd just 24 seconds back. The women's race was an equally close affair, however Rachel Glendon was delighted to claim the overall win thanks to a fantastic all round performance. Joyce Wolfe was 2nd just 11 seconds back followed by Jen Duffy in 3rd. The Super Sprint race was won by Junior athlete Brian Campion in 55.41 and Hannah Brady in 1.02.44 for the ladies. Title sponsors Vodafone entered over 50 relay teams into the race with some very impressive times posted. Triathlon Ireland was also delighted to have the Irish Sports Council Anti Doping Unit attending and performing random tests after the race.

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