Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls'

Girls' triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics programme. The event consisted of 750 metres (0.47 mi) swimming, 20 kilometres (12 mi) cycling, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) running. It was held on 15 August 2010 at East Coast Park.[1] The park is Singapore's most popular public beach and park; it is the venue of the Osim Singapore Triathlon, an Olympic triathlon event which began in 2002. Competitors swam in the open seas of the Singapore Strait and raced on the park's 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) track.[2] U.S. triathlon coach Keith Dickson said the course favored strong swimmers and fast runners. Athletes were faced with environmental challenges such as strong sea currents and tropical heat and humidity. As the first medal event of the Singapore Games, the winner of this triathlon received the first gold medal in the Youth Olympic Games.[3][4]

Girls'
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueEast Coast Park
Dates15 August 2010
Competitors32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Yuka Sato  Japan
Ellie Salthouse  Australia
Kelly Whitley  United States
Triathlon at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Individualboysgirls
Relaymixed

Yuka Sato of Japan finished the race in first place. She had placed third after the first leg of the race and fifth after the second leg. In the final stretch, Sato sped past Mexico's Adriana Barraza and Australia's Ellie Salthouse. As she crossed the finish line, Sato carried a Japanese flag that had been handed to her by a spectator.[1] She was the only competitor who finished in the top 10 of the ITU Junior Triathlon World Championships in 2009.[3] Salthouse and American Kelly Whitley finished in second and third place, respectively. Canada's Christine Ridenour, who was one of the favourites to win a medal, was involved in a bicycle crash and finished 14th.[1] Singapore's Clara Wong finished in 30th place, and two competitors did not finish after a bicycle crash.[5]

Most of the competition's 32 participants had qualified through the International Triathlon Union's continental Olympic qualifying events.[6]

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Yuka Sato
 Japan		 Ellie Salthouse
 Australia		 Kelly Whitley
 United States

Results

The race began at approximately 9:00 a.m. (UTC+8) on 15 August at East Coast Park.[7]

Rank[8] Start No. Triathlete Swimming Transit 1 Cycling Transit 2 Running Total time Difference
10  Yuka Sato (JPN) 9:32 0:35 32:10 0:27 18:05 1:00:49.69 ±0:00.00
25  Ellie Salthouse (AUS) 10:07 0:35 31:34 0:26 18:22 1:01:04.39 +0:14.70
2  Kelly Whitley (USA) 10:13 0:33 31:31 0:25 18:31 1:01:13.49 +0:23.80
4 30  Adriana Barraza (MEX) 10:02 0:35 31:41 0:23 19:07 1:01:48.57 +0:58.88
5 12  Eszter Dudas (HUN) 10:04 0:34 31:40 0:26 19:11 1:01:55.06 +1:05.37
6 32  Fanny Beisaron (ISR) 9:58 0:40 31:41 0:26 19:22 1:02:07.29 +1:17.60
7 31  Marlene Gomez (GER) 9:40 0:34 32:02 0:28 19:43 1:02:27.79 +1:38.10
8 26  Maddie Dillon (NZL) 10:12 0:35 31:31 0:27 19:49 1:02:34.50 +1:44.81
9 15  Laura Casey (IRL) 10:00 0:32 31:45 0:28 19:55 1:02:40.87 +1:51.18
10 3  Monika Orazem (SLO) 9:34 0:32 32:11 0:27 20:25 1:03:09.83 +2:20.14
11 19  Anna Godoy (ESP) 9:34 0:35 32:10 0:25 20:45 1:03:29.90 +2:40.21
12 22  Andrea Longueira (CHI) 10:02 0:36 31:41 0:30 20:53 1:03:42.88 +2:53.19
13 18  Elinor Thorogood (GBR) 9:57 0:33 31:48 0:28 21:08 1:03:54.08 +3:04.39
14 24  Christine Ridenour (CAN) 9:28 0:33 34:28 0:25 19:13 1:04:07.56 +3:17.87
15 23  Annie Thoren (SWE) 9:31 0:35 32:10 0:27 21:52 1:04:35.16 +3:45.47
16 33  Charlotte Deldaele (BEL) 9:34 0:34 34:22 0:25 20:29 1:05:24.66 +4:34.97
17 1  Hui Wai Sum Vincci (HKG) 10:44 0:33 33:14 0:25 20:50 1:05:46.13 +4:56.44
18 17  Raquel Mafra Rocha (POR) 10:02 0:37 32:58 0:32 22:00 1:06:09.22 +5:19.53
19 9  Alessia Orla (ITA) 9:33 0:33 34:24 0:29 21:14 1:06:13.69 +5:24.00
20 14  Jessica Piedra (ECU) 10:06 0:35 33:51 0:27 21:40 1:06:39.86 +5:50.17
21 20  Karolina Solovyova (KAZ) 10:33 0:39 33:20 0:32 21:55 1:06:59.78 +6:10.09
22 4  Leslie Amat Alvarez (CUB) 10:01 0:33 33:57 0:26 22:18 1:07:15.28 +6:25.59
23 29  Sara Vilić (CRO) 9:34 0:37 33:12 0:27 23:46 1:07:36.84 +6:47.15
24 8  Andrea Arenas (VEN) 10:14 0:36 33:40 0:27 23:52 1:08:49.53 +7:59.84
25 16  Viviana Gonzalez (COL) 10:06 0:37 33:48 0:30 23:49 1:08:50.22 +8:00.53
26 5  Ma Mingxiu (CHN) 10:06 0:36 35:22 0:30 22:21 1:08:55.96 +8:06.27
27 21  Andrea Brown (ZIM) 10:41 0:37 34:45 0:24 23:32 1:09:59.30 +9:09.61
28 11  Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjargal (MGL) 10:35 0:38 38:11 0:36 24:22 1:14:22.78 +13:33.09
29 7  Mattika Maneekaew (THA) 12:33 0:40 37:52 0:33 23:05 1:14:43.06 +13:53.37
30 6  Wan Qi Clara Wong (SIN) 9:58 0:41 47:24 0:34 22:53 1:21:30.85 +20:41.16
— 28  Cristina Luizzet Betancourt de Leon (PUR) 10:15 0:37 — — — Did not finish —
— 27  Kim Heesun (KOR) 10:05 0:36 — — — Did not finish —

Note: No one is allotted the number 13.

References
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