Rhian Roxburgh won the women’s race at the Welsh Olympic Distance Championships on Saturday. Rhian Roxburgh, defending the title she has held for the previous three years was first woman out of the water in 20:38, close on the heels of the two leaders of the men’s race. From there on in she opened a further lead , winning the women’s race in a time of 2:13:30 and more remarkably claiming 6th place overall.
The race, held at Parc Bryn Bach Country Parc in Tredegar, covered a 1500m open water swim, 40km bike on a ten lap closed circuit and a 10km run .The first male was Julian Hatcher of Team AVS in 2:01:42. Simon Roxburgh finished 7th in 2:13:56, winning Bronze in the Welsh Championships, closely followed home by club mate Matt Ashton in 8th place in a time of 2:14:26 posting one of the quickest run splits of the day.
The race, held at Parc Bryn Bach Country Parc in Tredegar, covered a 1500m open water swim, 40km bike on a ten lap closed circuit and a 10km run .The first male was Julian Hatcher of Team AVS in 2:01:42. Simon Roxburgh finished 7th in 2:13:56, winning Bronze in the Welsh Championships, closely followed home by club mate Matt Ashton in 8th place in a time of 2:14:26 posting one of the quickest run splits of the day.
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