Elsje Vermeulen
There was no stopping the Storm brothers on Sunday during the twelve annual Prestige Ultra Triathlon held at the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North West University in Vanderbijlpark. (More than 400 athletes competed in this testing event).
Elder brother Brad (29) and Anton (24) emerged first from the 1,9km swim and stretched their lead even further in the 90km cycling. They took to the road in the final event (21,1km running) together, but with the finish line is sight, Brad had that little extra to give him the gold medal only eleven seconds ahead of Anton. Brad's winning time was 04:11:58, Anton's time was 04:12:09 and third place winner, Brand du Plessis' time was 04:14:17.
Kathryn Cronje was the first woman home in a time of 04:32:32, which also saw her take the overall 13th position. She had no competition from the rest of the ladies. Second place went to Natasha Gorrie almost 18 minutes later.
In the sprint division (750m swimming, 90km cycling and 5km run), youngster Jason de Jager (15) impressed friend and foe, taking first place in a time of 01:15:02, outclassing even the senior athletes. Second place went to Dieter Stricht in a time of 01:15:52 and third place to Michael Gibson in a time of 01:19:37. (See more photos on www.flickr.com/photos/snapattack2
There was no stopping the Storm brothers on Sunday during the twelve annual Prestige Ultra Triathlon held at the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North West University in Vanderbijlpark. (More than 400 athletes competed in this testing event).
Elder brother Brad (29) and Anton (24) emerged first from the 1,9km swim and stretched their lead even further in the 90km cycling. They took to the road in the final event (21,1km running) together, but with the finish line is sight, Brad had that little extra to give him the gold medal only eleven seconds ahead of Anton. Brad's winning time was 04:11:58, Anton's time was 04:12:09 and third place winner, Brand du Plessis' time was 04:14:17.
Kathryn Cronje was the first woman home in a time of 04:32:32, which also saw her take the overall 13th position. She had no competition from the rest of the ladies. Second place went to Natasha Gorrie almost 18 minutes later.
In the sprint division (750m swimming, 90km cycling and 5km run), youngster Jason de Jager (15) impressed friend and foe, taking first place in a time of 01:15:02, outclassing even the senior athletes. Second place went to Dieter Stricht in a time of 01:15:52 and third place to Michael Gibson in a time of 01:19:37. (See more photos on www.flickr.com/photos/snapattack2
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