2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship

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Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship 2012
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Location Stockholm, Sweden
Date26 August 2012
Nations20
Teams22
Medalists
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The 2012 ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championship was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 26 August 2012. The championship was the seventh team championships to be held and the fourth since the championships were reformatted in 2009; eliminating the separate male and female teams, running the championships with mixed teams. The team championship event coincided on the same weekend as the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Stockholm race.

Stockholm Capital of Sweden

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous urban area in the Nordic countries; 965,232 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County.

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Each team was allowed to enter 2 teams of four, made up of 2 females and 2 males. The teams competed in the following order of female–male–female–male. Each athlete completed a 300-metre swim, a 6 kilometre bike ride and a 2 kilometre run. [1]

Results

The ITU events in Stockholm were the first to occur since the Olympic games almost two weeks prior, with some Olympians who participated in 2011 team Championship choosing not to take part in this year's event. Twenty-two teams representing 20 countries began the competition. With the help of 2012 Olympic Triathlon bronze medalist Jonathan Brownlee, Great Britain was able to defend its 2011 Team Triathlon World Championship. The French team finished second, finishing ten seconds behind Britain. The Russian team came in 3rd to claim the bronze. [1] [2] The American team failed to finish after falling too far behind its competition. [3]

The 2011 ITU Triathlon Team World Cup was held in Lausanne Switzerland on 21 August 2011. The championship was the sixth edition to be held and the third since the championships were reformatted in 2009; eliminating the separate male and female teams, running the championships with coed teams.

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RankTeamTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain I1:26:48
  Vicky Holland: 23:24   Will Clarke: 20:39   Non Stanford: 22:56   Jonathan Brownlee: 19:51
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France 1:26:58
  Jessica Harrison: 23:07   Tony Moulai: 20:41   Carole Péon: 23:26   Vincent Luis: 19:45
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:27:31
  Irina Abysova: 23:09   Dmitry Polyanski: 21:17   Alexandra Razarenova: 22:46   Alexander Bryukhankov: 20:20
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany II1:28:06
5Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:28:38
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:28:43
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:28:52
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:29:05
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:29:20
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:29:27
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:29:42
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:29:44
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:29:49
14Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:30:02
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:31:15
16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:31:26
17Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:31:30
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:31:48
19Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:32:57
NCFlag of Germany.svg  Germany I1:28:33
NCFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain II1:31:23
DNFFlag of the United States.svg  United States 0:00:00
Source: [2]

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References

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