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NZ Triathlete Kieran Doe - Source: Photosport
New Zealand triathlete Kieran Doe has won the Asian long distance championships held in South Korea over the weekend.
Doe took control from the start, clearing out on the swim and extended his lead on the cycle leg before comfortably coming home on the run to clock four hours, 22 minutes 03 seconds and win by almost eight minutes.
Fellow Kiwis Andrew Mackay was 13th and Bevan McKinnon 20th.
No further details or comment is available at this time.
Gina Ferguson finished second in the women's race with fellow Kiwi Erin O'Hara third and Joanna Carrel 12th.
Leading results from the Asian long distance triathlon results at Gangweon, South Korea (3km swim, 80km bike, 20km run):
Men
Kieran Doe (NZ) 4hr 22:03 1, Rasmus Ahlfors (Denmark) 4hr 29:59
2, Jonathan Hotchkiss (Britain) 4hr 30:35 3.
Other NZers: Andrew Mackay 4hr 47:15 13, Bevan
McKinnon 5hr 07:48 20.
Women
Tereza Macel (Czech Republic) 4hr 56:41 1, Gina Ferguson
(NZ) 5hr 07:25 2, Erin O'Hara (NZ) 5hr 12:44 3.
Other NZers: Joanna Carrel 5hr 42:00 12.
