Gergo, Stuckrad Victorious at Shortened Challenge Budva-Montenegro
Due to temporarily limited resources and infrastructure construction, the usual half distance Challenge Budva-Montenegro was shortened to an Olympic distance event. Between that and a challenging date on the global triathlon schedule, so this year's field was lacking stars like last year’s winners Magnus Ditlev and Lucy Hall.
Nonetheless, Hungarian Badar Gergo put in a creditable performance – a 20:36 swim, a 58:33 split for the 40-kilometer bike, and a 39:21 split for the 10k run. Gergo’s 2:00:51 total outpaced Montenegro’s Dusan Milosevic by 5:39 and outran third place finisher Sebastian Garry of Great Britain by 5:50.
Sophia Stuckrad of Germany took the women’s crown with a 27:20 swim, a 1:07:01 bike split and a 42:34 10k run. Her 2:19:29 total time outshined her nearest competitor Jelena Tomasevic of Montenegro by 8:09 and 3rd place finisher Marion Klein of the Netherlands by 13:19.
Challenge Budva-Montenegro
Budva, Montenegro
September 25, 2022
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10ki
Men's Results
1. Badar Gergo HUN S 20:36 T1b 1:40 B 58:33 mT2 00:39 R 39:21 TOT 2:00:51
2. Dusan Milosevic MNE S 24:49 T1 1:40 B 1:03:02 T2 1:01 R 35:57 TOT 2:06:30
3. Sebastian Garry GBR S 29:45 T1 2:22 B 57:59 T2 00:42 R 35:51 TOT 2:06:41
4. Filip Krgovic MNE S 26:24 T1 1:22 B 1:01:43 T2 00:37 TOT R 39:43 2:09:52
5. Andrew Oakey GBR S 22:58 T1 1:39 B 1:06:12 T2 00:40 R 41:14 TOT 2:12:45
Women's Results
1. Sophia Stuckrad GER S 27:20 T1 1:40 B 1:07:01 T2 00:46 R 42:34 TOT 2:19:29
2. Jelena Tomasevic MNE S 26:20 T1 1:38 B 1:12:24 T2 46:15 TOT 2:27:38
3. Marion Klein NED S 32:19 T1 02:00 B 1:11:52 T2 1:10 R 45:27 TOT 2:32:48
4. Agnieszka Chudek POL S 28:11 T1 1:42 B 1:18:59 T2 00:57 R 48:27 TOT 2:38:18
5. Lindy Lee Folscher RSA-GBR S 26:55 T1 3:49 B 1:19:59 T2 1:00 R 50:00 TOT 2:41:45
