Triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys'

Boys' triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics programme. The event consisted of 750 metres (0.47 mi) swimming, 20 kilometres (12 mi) cycling, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) running. It was held on 16 August 2010 at East Coast Park.^[1] The park is Singapore's most popular public beach and park; it is the venue of the Osim Singapore Triathlon, an Olympic triathlon event which began in 2002. Competitors swam in the open seas of the Singapore Strait and raced on the park's 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) track.^[2]

Boys' at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	East Coast Park
Dates	16 August 2010
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Aaron Barclay  New Zealand Kevin McDowell  United States Alois Knabl  Austria
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Aaron Barclay of New Zealand finished the race in first place. He was among the first few athletes to complete the first leg of the race and led a pack of nine riders in the second leg. Barclay ran neck and neck with Kevin McDowell of the United States before reaching the finish line. The event was Barclay's first triathlon outside Oceania,^[1] and his gold medal was New Zealand's first medal in the Youth Olympics.^[3] McDowell, who was a favourite to win the race after winning the American qualifying event, finished in second place. Alois Knabl of Austria finished third to win the bronze medal.^[1] Knabl was one of several athletes from his country who had the highest chances of winning a medal.^[4] Zimbabwe's Boyd Littleford and Bermuda's Ryan Gunn, who were in the final two places after the swimming segment, teamed up to complete the race together. Littleford had difficulties swimming when his goggles broke while underwater.^[5] Singapore's Scott Ang finished the race in 29th place.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aaron Barclay  New Zealand	Kevin McDowell  United States	Alois Knabl  Austria

Results

The race began at approximately 9:00 a.m. (UTC+8) on 16 August at East Coast Park.^[6]

Rank[7]	Start No.	Triathlete	Swimming	Transit 1	Cycling	Transit 2	Running	Total time	Difference
	7	Aaron Barclay (NZL)	8:39	0:29	28:39	0:22	16:32	54:41.49	±0:00.00
	27	Kevin McDowell (USA)	8:54	0:27	28:31	0:22	16:41	54:55.28	+0:13.79
	16	Alois Knabl (AUT)	8:39	0:33	28:39	0:22	16:51	55:04.72	+0:23.23
4	1	Miguel Valente Fernandes (POR)	8:42	0:30	28:40	0:22	16:58	55:12.57	+0:30.98
5	8	Abraham Louw (NAM)	8:39	0:33	28:40	0:28	17:08	55:28.99	+0:47.50
6	28	Lukas Kocar (CZE)	8:54	0:30	28:28	0:25	17:40	55:57.33	+1:15.84
7	14	Jeremy Obozil (FRA)	8:53	0:29	28:28	0:22	18:09	56:21.21	+1:39.72
8	30	Wian Sullwald (RSA)	9:19	0:31	29:22	0:26	16:48	56:26.68	+1:45.19
9	9	Gabor Hanko (HUN)	9:18	0:30	29:24	0:22	17:15	56:49.17	+2:07.68
10	25	Lautaro Diaz (ARG)	8:40	0:33	28:38	0:25	18:38	56:54.91	+2:13.42
11	18	Juan Andrade (ECU)	8:53	0:28	30:06	0:25	17:09	57:01.41	+2:19.92
12	26	Michael Gosman (AUS)	9:19	0:31	29:24	0:27	17:21	57:02.83	+2:21.34
13	4	Luis Oliveros (MEX)	8:59	0:31	29:47	0:27	17:22	57:06.35	+2:24.86
14	32	Tobias Klesen (GER)	9:14	0:31	29:28	0:25	17:36	57:14.23	+2:32.74
15	10	Andrew Hood (GBR)	9:06	0:32	29:36	0:23	17:40	57:17.54	+2:36.05
16	2	Cheng Ru (CHN)	9:16	0:34	29:26	0:25	17:45	57:26.94	+2:45.45
17	21	Thomas Jurgens (BEL)	8:38	0:30	28:44	0:25	19:18	57:35.16	+2:53.67
18	33	Carlos Peres (VEN)	8:54	0:31	29:49	0:24	17:57	57:35.52	+2:54.03
19	29	Andriy Sirenko (UKR)	9:04	0:29	29:39	0:24	18:09	57:45.67	+3:04.18
20	11	Diego Paz (ESP)	9:20	0:32	29:24	0:25	18:10	57:51.69	+3:10.20
21	12	Livio Molinari (ITA)	8:55	0:30	29:53	0:25	18:18	58:01.34	+3:19.85
22	3	Iuri Vinuto (BRA)	9:30	0:28	30:22	0:20	17:27	58:07.96	+3:26.47
23	23	Andres Diaz (COL)	9:03	0:30	29:40	0:24	18:51	58:28.67	+3:47.18
24	17	Lee Ji Hong (KOR)	9:13	0:32	30:36	0:23	17:44	58:28.81	+3:47.32
25	6	Law Leong Tim (HKG)	9:01	0:34	29:42	0:25	19:13	58:55.12	+4:13.63
26	15	Yuki Kubono (JPN)	9:21	0:35	30:26	0:25	18:39	59:26.04	+4:44.55
27	24	Kirill Uvarov (KAZ)	9:21	0:33	30:27	0:26	18:45	59:32.92	+4:51.43
28	5	Gabriel Zumbado (CRC)	9:30	0:32	30:23	0:24	19:30	1:00:19.17	+5:37.68
29	31	Scott Yiqiang Ang (SIN)	9:20	0:32	30:33	0:27	21:23	1:02:15.11	+7:33.62
30	19	Boyd Littleford (ZIM)	10:49	0:29	31:43	0:23	20:29	1:03:53.25	+9:11.76
31	22	Ryan Gunn (BER)	10:37	0:31	32:07	0:22	20:52	1:04:29.34	+9:47.85
—	20	Brook Powell (CAN)	8:50	0:32	30:00	0:25	—	Did not finish	—

Note: No one is allotted the number 13.

References

1. Sim, Royston (16 August 2010). "Aaron of NZ wins triathlon". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
2. "Venues: East Coast Park". Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
3. "Triathlete Barclay basking in golden glow". Television New Zealand. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
4. Zelsacher, Benno (13 August 2010). "Olympische Lehren fürs Leben". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2010.
5. "Zimbabwe and Bermuda team up for triathlon comeback". Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
6. "Schedule and Results by Sport – Triathlon". Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
7. "Triathlon: Men – Official Results" (PDF). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Day 2 Men's Triathlon (16 Aug 2010) on Flickr
• Singapore 2010 – Men's Triathlon on YouTube