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2008 Weihai Shangdong Aosai Cup National Triathlon Championships

6 SEPTEMBER

 
Lee Chi Wo from Hong Kong was piped at the post to finish 2nd in the elite male category at the China NATIONAL Triathlon Championships in WeiHai this morning.
53 Triathletes from 32 provinces completed over a 2 loop (750M) sea swim, followed by a 5-lap bike course (8k), which included 1k tough hill climb. The run was undulating with 4 loops (2.5k). Weather conditions were between 25oC with temperatures of >30oC on the run.

For the first 100m and last 100m of the each swim lap, all the triathletes had to run with high legs  over the waves because it was low tide and too shallow to swim. After 750m Daniel was in 2nd position and Ricco 4th but by the end of 1500m swim Daniel was the only Hk triathlete left with the lead group of 15. Lemuel came out of the water around 1min 15secs behind Daniel with a pack of 6 triathletes. 
On the bike the lead pack of 18 triathletes including Daniel gained approx. 50 seconds per lap on the chasing packs. By 30k the 2nd and 3 rd packs had merged and this pack included all the other HK Triathletes: Lemuel, Ivan, Dickson, Samuel, Ricco and Ho Kin Fun. By the end of 40k they were over 4mins behind the lead pack.
Daniel started the run with a careful pace by not pushing too hard and by 2.5 k a group of 6 had a lead of 20 seconds. By 8k this group was reduced to 4 triathletes and the lead was continually changing but when Daniel kicked for the line with  100m to go, he only dropped 2 of the 3 Chinese triathletes and Chen Lim surged again and crossed the line in first place.   Lemuel who was the 2nd HK triathlete to finish battled hard for top 15th position. All the other HK triathletes were racing against each other and the next one to finish was Dickson Tam.
 
Male elite official times:
1         China/ - Chen Lim  1:48:07
2         HK  Daniel Lee  1: 48: 08
24       HK Lau Ching Yin  1:55:42
28       HK Tam Joe Dick - 1:56:53
31       HK Lo Ching Hin - 1:57:41
32       HK Hsieh Chun Shing - 1:58:00
34       HK Chan Ye Ko - 1:58:38
39       HK Ho King Fun - 2:01:04
41       HK- Leung Ching Yin - 2:03:12
 
 
Daniel said I felt strong on the swim and bike today. Also running for nearly 300m in the water helped me keep near the near the front in the swim. However, for the run I should do some faster intervals so I can finish faster. Chen Lim was protected by his team today and that would have saved his legs for the final sprint.
 
Women and Junior races tomorrow.
7 SEPTEMBER / Day 2.
 
On the 2nd day of competition in Weihai, Alan Chan Chun Lung from Hong Kong won the elite male junior category and Lo Kin Cheung finished 3rd at the China NATIONAL Junior Triathlon Championships in WeiHai.
 
A small field of 8 Triathletes including 6 from HK completed over a 1 loop (750M) sea swim, followed by a 3-lap bike course (7k), which included 1k tough hill climb. The run was undulating with 2 loops (2.5k). Weather conditions were between 25oc with temperatures of >28oc on the run.
 
Alan finished the swim in 2nd position in 10min 18 seconds only 2 seconds behind Chin Yu (China) and Lo Kin Cheung was in 3rd place 25 seconds behind.
 
On the bike the Alan and Chin worked together for 10k. At 11k Alan dropped Chin and rode on his own for the final 9k and finished the bike in the fastest time of 36min 47 sec. Lo rode on his own for 20k in a time of 40min 15 secs
 
Alan started the run with a lead of 90 seconds and by 2.5k Chin had pulled back 30 seconds. However, over the last 2.5k Alan held his pace and won by over 1 minute.  Lo had the 2nd fastest run of the day in 20 minutes 17 seconds.
 
Male elite Junior Sprint Triathlon official times:
1- HK – Chan Chun Lung – 1:09:22
2 – China - Chin Yu – 1:10:46
3– HK – Lo Kin Cheung– 1: 12:41
4-  HK – Yuen Chi Hang –1:14:33
5-  HK –Cheung Tsz Hei- 1:15:11
7    - HK – Ting Ho Tak – 1:15:40
8    – HK – Cheung Tsz Kit –1:16:28
Alan said “ My heart was beating very fast on the run and on the 2nd lap I kept looking back to check my lead. I am very excited to win today.”
 
In the  Female elite Junior Sprint Lam Sin Ching from HK finished 5th in 1:24:24. Wang Yan won the race in 1:12:44.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In the Female Elite Category Tania Mak finished in 11th position out of 31 female triathletes from 8 provincial teams. She had a strong start and drafted the 2nd pack and came out of the swim in 17 position, 59 seconds behind Fan Dan the fastest swimmer in 19min 27 sec.
 
On to the bike she was with a pack of 5 girls who quickly caught up the lead pack by 6k.  For the reminder of the cycle Tania stayed with the lead pack, which rode at a steady pace.
 
She had a run split of 40:55 for the 10k, which was a good time in the heat and the undulating course.
 
Tania said,  “ I was very happy to be in the lead pack on the bike and I felt I performed well”
Results:
1 – China -Jiao Cai Ping – 2:00:44
11- HK – Tania  Mak – 2:04:15
24 – HK – Cheung Ting Yan – 2:18:43
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