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Cork City was host to its first Europe Triathlon Cup last weekend, alongside a coming together of the whole triathlon community.

Not only were many of Europe’s best Elite and Junior triathletes in action on Sunday, but athletes from as far as Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Jordan, and Mexico travelled to battle it out in Cork City. 

In the Men’s Elite race Great Britain’s Hamish Reilly broke the tape in a tightly fought race with Italy’s Nicolo Astori only two seconds behind, with Australia’s Christopher Deegan rounding out the podium a second later. 

Representing Ireland in the Men’s race were Ian Manthey, Russell White, Jonathan Oakey, and Luke McCarron. Manthey was the best of the Irish crossing the line in 22nd position, posting strong bike and run splits. White and Oakey crossed the finish line on the same time for 25th and 26th respectively, while Luke McCarron was forced to withdraw during the bike section due to a puncture.

In the Women’s Elite race Sandra Dodet of France stormed to victory with the fastest run of the day, followed closely by Great Britain’s Sian Rainsley and Annabel Morton in second and third.

Elizabeth Carr and Erin McConnell were in action for Ireland, while Hollie Elliott raced under the World Triathlon flag as she goes through the process of switching representation from Great Britain to Ireland. 

McConnell led the race out of the water into T1, however the chase pack were able to make contact with the leaders before returning to T2. Carr produced a strong bike and run split to finish in 11th place, just over 30 seconds from the podium. She was followed across the line by Hollie Elliott in 12th, with McConnell crossing shortly after for 19th place.