2009 ITU World Championship Series

The 2009 ITU World Championship Series was a series of seven triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in September 2009. The series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon – the International Triathlon Union (ITU) – and was sponsored by Dextro Energy. The 2009 World Championship Series (WCS) was the first year of a change in format replacing the single World Championship race of prior years.[1] Additionally, points accumulated in 2009 ITU Triathlon World Cup events would contribute to an athlete's overall point total in the Championship Series.

2009 ITU World Triathlon Series
LeagueITU World Triathlon Series
SportTriathlon
Men's Series
Series Champion Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Points4400
Women's Series
Series Champion Emma Moffatt (AUS)
Points4340
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Series events

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The series featured on four continents in the inaugural year, stopping in some locations previously used as successful World Cup race destinations, as well as the first chance for athletes to try out the venue of the 2012 Olympic Triathlon at Hyde Park in London.

Date[2] Location Status
2–3 May   Tongyeong Event
30–31 May   Madrid, Spain Event
20–21 June   Washington, DC, United States Event
11–12 July   Kitzbühel, Austria Event
25–26 July   Hamburg, Germany Event
15–16 August   London, United Kingdom Event
22–23 August   Yokohama, Japan Event
9–13 September   Gold Coast, Australia Grand Final

Prize purses

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The prize purses offered to the top performers during the series were significantly greater than previous World Championship events, with a total of US$700,000 being distributed. Additionally $150,000 was distributed at each of the 2009 World Championship Events, and $250,000 at the Grand Final.[3]

Results

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Overall world championship

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Points were distributed at each World Championship Event to the top 40 finishers in the men's and women's elite races, and to the top 50 finishers at the Grand Final. Points towards the ITU World Championship ranking could also be obtained at the World Cup events. The sum of each athlete's best four points scores in the World Championship and World Cup Events (maximum of two World Cup scores) and the points score from the World Championship Grand Final determined the final ranking.[4]

Men's championship

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Rank Name Nation World Cups World Championship Events Grand
Final
Total
1 2 KOR ESP USA AUT GER UK JPN
1 Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 800 800 800 800 1200 4400
2 Javier Gomez   Spain 203 685 740 740 685 1110 3960
3 Maik Petzold   Germany 633 685 633 542 397 950 3443
4 Jan Frodeno   Germany 257 397 542 397 800 1027 3163
5 Steffen Justus   Germany 586 429 633 740 752 3140
6 Laurent Vidal   France 220 464 314 501 685 586 633 643 3048
7 Courtney Atkinson   Australia 300 300 397 740 339 501 464 879 2980
8 Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 278 237 633 429 501 685 740 345 2904
9 Dmitry Polyanski   Russia 300 685 501 397 464 314 813 2860
10 Jarrod Shoemaker   United States 220 174 542 339 464 800 542 436 2783

Full ranking:[5]

Women's championship

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Rank Name Nation World Cups World Championship Events Grand
Final
Total
1 2 KOR ESP USA AUT GER UK JPN
1 Emma Moffatt   Australia 300 278 740 800 800 800 1200 4340
2 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 188 740 314 740 740 800 1100 4130
3 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 203 41 800 542 685 429 740 695 3462
4 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 257 174 464 685 685 542 248 813 3187
5 Helen Jenkins   Great Britain 149 290 248 586 586 685 1027 3173
6 Sarah Haskins   United States 161 586 633 542 429 950 3139
7 Juri Ide   Japan 300 685 464 685 345 2479
8 Magali Di Marco Messmer   Switzerland 237 501 542 197 314 314 314 752 2423
9 Jessica Harrison   France 339 685 501 197 643 2365
10 Annabel Luxford   Australia 188 248 290 586 879 2191

Full ranking:[6]

Event medalists

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Tongyeong

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2–3 May 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Bevan Docherty   New Zealand 1:50:25 Emma Snowsill   Australia 2:02:42
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:50:25 Emma Moffatt   Australia 2:02:52
  Dmitry Polyanskiy   Russia 1:50:30 Juri Ide   Japan 2:03:30

Madrid

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30–31 May 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:51:26 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 2:05:58
  Courtney Atkinson   Australia 1:52:14 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 2:05:59
  Javier Gomez   Spain 1:52:18 Jessica Harrison   France 2:05:59

Washington, DC

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20–21 June 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:48:58 Emma Moffatt   Australia 1:59:55
  Javier Gomez   Spain 1:49:11 Emma Snowsill   Australia 2:00:20
  Maik Petzold   Germany 1:49:24 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 2:01:01

Kitzbühel

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11–12 July 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:43:13 Emma Moffatt   Australia 1:54:38
  Javier Gomez   Spain 1:43:21 Nicola Spirig   Switzerland 1:55:12
  Laurent Vidal   France 1:43:24 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 1:55:17

Hamburg

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25–26 July 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Jarrod Shoemaker   United States 1:44:06 Emma Moffatt   Australia 1:56:12
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:44:14 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 1:57:06
  Alexander Brukhankov   Russia 1:44:16 Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 1:57:39

London

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15–16 August 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:41:50 Nicola Spirig   Switzerland 1:54:24
  Steffen Justus   Germany 1:41:58 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 1:54:26
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:42:01 Helen Jenkins   Great Britain 1:54:29

Yokohama

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22–23 August 2009

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Jan Frodeno   Germany 1:44:31 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 1:55:55
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:44:49 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 1:56:00
  Javier Gomez   Spain 1:44:51 Juri Ide   Japan 1:56:03

Gold Coast – Grand Final

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9–13 September 2009[7]

Medal Men's race Women's race
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:44:51 Emma Moffatt   Australia 1:59:14
  Javier Gomez   Spain 1:44:57 Lisa Nordén   Sweden 1:59:19
  Jan Frodeno   Germany 1:45:21 Helen Jenkins   Great Britain 1:59:41

References

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  1. ^ Carlson, Timothy (12 September 2008). "ITU replaces one-day Elite World Championship with new six-race 'Super Series'". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. ^ "ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Kitzbühel". Kitzbühel Tourismus. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series". International Triathlon Union. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series 2009: Ranking Criteria" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  5. ^ "2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships Men's Standings" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  6. ^ "2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships Women's Standings" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  7. ^ "All Results for 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Grand Final Gold Coast". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
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