The Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup uses it’s $1,000,000 prize purse, to bring out the most competitive field every year. Keane’s 20th place out of a field of 60 finishers in only his 2nd World Cup race, shows his potential for London 2012. Full results are online here. Bryan finished ahead of big names like Matt Reed (USA) and Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) in a stacked field that included no less than 5 former world champions, 2 olympic gold medalist.
Aileen Morisson had a solid performance at Hy-Vee to finish 27th, a big improvement from Madrid last week.
Closer to home in Windor, good results were produced by Gavin Noble 3rd, Emma Davis 4th and Cork Tri Club’s, Amy Wolfe finish 9th in her first elite triathlon. Full report from tri247 here.
Official press release on Hi-Vee.
Breakthrough Result by Keane in World’s Richest Triathlon
Hi-Vee Transition
Irish professional triathlete Bryan Keane took a major step towards joining the top tier of the sport with a breakthrough performance in the world’s richest race in Des Moines, USA yesterday (Sunday).
Keane finished in 20th place in the $1 million event, beating dozens of athletes placed higher than him in the World Championship Rankings, including two former championship winners. In the process the Corkman earned more vital Olympic qualifying points in the race for London 2012. The result is also a major boost for Keane ahead of the European Championships, which are being held on his home turf in Ireland next month.
Following a tough 1,500m swim that saw him drop off the front of the pack, Keane produced a blistering cycling performance to bridge a 1:45min gap between him and the race leaders on the 40km bike leg, passing more than 30 athletes along the way. The Corkman then picked his way through another 10 competitors during the 10km run leg to come home in a time of 1:52:00. Also racing in Des Moines over the weekend was Ireland’s Aileen Morrison, the Olympian put in a strong performance to finish in 27th place in the women’s event.
Bryan Keane’s next race is the European Championships, which are being held for the first time Athlone on July 4 2010. Keane won this race in his first season as a professional triathlete last summer and will be hoping to defend his title in the Co Westmeath town next month.
Bryan Keane’s blog can be viewed at http://www.bryankeane.com/triathlete/
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