Meshcheryakov on top
Australia’s Clayton Fettell made a 1:44 break on the bike, but when the running was done, Russia’s Valentin Meshcheryakov outsprinted Japan’s Yuichi Hosada for the win at the 15th Ishigaki World Cup men’s race Sunday.
Meshcheryakov closed with a race-best 32:01 run to finish in 1:54:02 and top Hosada by 5 seconds, with Japan’s Ryosuke Yamamoto third another 13 seconds behind Hosoda.
"It's my first podium and I'm very happy about this," said Meshcheryakov after the race. "I didn't believe that I could catch the leader until the end of the race, but I did that and I am very happy."
Australian David Dellow was fourth, another 24 seconds back. After making a brave surge on the bike, fellow Aussie Clayton Fettell fell back to 5th with a 34:45 run.
Ben Collins, the 2007 ITU age group world champion from the USA, was near the lead pack on the swim and the bike, but fell to 10th with a 33:08 run to finish 69 seconds off the winning time in this closely contested race.
Ishigaki Triathlon World Cup
April 25, 2010
Ishigaki, Japan
S 1.5k/ B 40k/ R 10k
Results
Elite Men
1. Valentin Meshcheryakov (RUS) 1:54:02
2. Yuichi Hosoda (JAP) 1:54:07
3. Ryosuke Yamamoto (JAP) 1:54:20
4. David Dellow (AUS) 1:54:44
5. Clayton Fellow (AUS) 1:54:48
6. Hiroki Sugimoto (JAP) 1:54:51
7. Manuel Huerta (USA) 1:55:03
8. Jan Celustka (CZE) 1:55:05
9. Balazs Pocsai (HUN) 1:55:08
10. Ben Collins (USA) 1:55:11
21. Brandon Barrett (USA) 1:56:55
22. Igor Polyansky (RUS) 1:57:10
30. Chris Tremonte (USA) 2:06:12
