Dibens defends her title with success
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texte plus petitDibens defends XTERRA Triathlon World Championship title with exceptional Maui performance
Britain's Julie Dibens dominated the women’s XTERRA World Championship race in Maui for the second straight year, taking the lead from the very start of the swim all the way through the mountain bike and the off road run to the finish line with a winning time of 3:03:57, a full minute ahead of runner-up Danelle Kabush from Canada. Dibens is just the second woman to win the XTERRA World Championship in back-to-back years (following Canadian Melanie McQuaid’s 2005 and 2006 titles).
“I think this one was harder, it definitely took more out of me,” said the 2004 Olympic triathlete. “I was hurting out there on the run and the heat really got to me, and just before the finish a guy passed me and said that Danelle was right behind so I had to sprint to the finish and that was murder. Despite that, XTERRA is awesome. I just wished I would have got into this earlier. It’s just something where everyone who tries it loves it, and then it’s just plain addictive.”
Women's XTERRA Triathlon World Championships
Results:
1. Julie Dibens, Great Britain
2. Danelle Kabush, Canada
3. Shonny Vanlandingham, USA
4. Renata Bucher, Switzerland
5. Christine Jeffrey, Canada
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