Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup

The ITU Triathlon World Cup season made a stop in Chengdu, China, on Sunday, and Kirsten Kasper (North Andover, Mass.) came away with a bronze medal while fellow American Chelsea Burns (Seattle, Wash.), placed fifth. The race was the first World Cup of the season to feature a semifinal format, with sprint-distance qualifying heats on Saturday and super-sprint finals on Sunday.

Great Britain’s Non Stanford came away with the win in the women’s A final, breaking the tape in 29 minutes, 36 seconds. Laura Lindemann of Germany placed second in 29:40, while Kasper outsprinted Belgium’s Claire Michel to capture the third podium spot in 29:42. Michel was close on Kasper’s heels in 29:43, and Burns closed out the top-five in 29:48.

3rd today at #ChengduWC super sprint final! What a fast and exciting race format 🏊🏻♀️🚴🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️💨Next up #YokohamaWTS pic.twitter.com/MlROmJP7aI

— Kirsten Kasper (@KirstenKasper) May 7, 2017

Richmond CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup

It was a U.S. podium sweep in the women’s elite race at the CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, as Erika Ackerlund (Missoula, Mont.), Erin Dolan (Lincoln, Neb.) and Chelsea Sodaro (Poway, Calif.) took first, second and third respectively. In the men’s elite race, Jason West (Quakertown, Pa.) came away with the win, sharing the podium with Canadians Alexis Lepage and Taylor Forbes.

2nd place today at the CAMTRI in Richmond. Not a bad or amazingly well executed race but overall happy with the result. None the less, thankful for the best husband a girl could ever ask for. True love is chasing your wife around the globe. #TeamE #HusbandWife #EdPartyOfTwo #Spoiled

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Happy with a podium at my first pro triathlon. Third today at the Richmond, Va CAMTRI Cup. Huge thank you to @pstriathlon and #TheTriathlonSquad for making me into a better athlete each and every day. And I certainly couldn't pursue this crazy dream without the support of @guenergylabs and @addaday - thanks for being on my team! Onward! 🏊🏻‍♀️🚴🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️ • • • #GUFORIT #GuCrew #EatingIsTraining #TeamAddaday #ProcoveryPro #TheTriathlonSquad #SwimBikeRun #Triathlon

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For full results from the Richmond CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup, visit triathlon.org.

IRONMAN 70.3 North American Pro Championship St. George

The United States’ top long-course triathletes competed at the IRONMAN 70.3 North American Pro Championship in St. George, Utah, on Saturday. The top American in the women’s field was Lesley Smith (Boulder, Colo.), who placed fifth in 4 hours, 27 minutes, 44 seconds. The U.S. was represented well in the top-10, with Jackie Hering (Mazomanie, Wis.), Lisa Roberts (Tucson, Ariz.), Cecilia Davis-Hayes (New York, N.Y.) and Skye Moench (Holladay, Utah) taking sixth through ninth place respectively.

In the men’s pro championship, 2016 Olympian Ben Kanute (Geneva, Ill.) led all Americans with a fifth-place finish in 3:50:29. Josiah Middaugh (Vail, Colo.) placed 11th in 3:58:47, followed closely by Ben Hoffman (Boulder, Colo.) and Steve Mantell (Ft. Collins, Colo.) in 12th and 13th.

For full results from the IRONMAN 70.3 North American Pro Championship, visit IRONMAN.com.

IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam

Brad Williams (Fort Worth, Tex.) and Iain Alexandridis (Princeton, N.J.) were the sole Americans in the professional field at IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam in the coastal city of Danang, Vietnam, on Sunday. Williams finished fifth in 4:10:13, while Alexandridis placed ninth in 4:27:43.

5th @vietnamim703 today, happy w/ the result in this field & Onwards we go to the next one! Hats off to the rest of the "podium"! pic.twitter.com/xCphWxmjld

— Brad Williams (@BW_Tri) May 7, 2017