Amelia Chrispin Newark Athletic Club
Catching up on the big stories;Amelia Chrispin took part in the British Triathlon U20's Festival 2017 at Mallory Park. She had qualified to race for the Yorkshire Regional Team and was competing against 36 of the best selected athletes from 12 other regions across Great Britain, including Scotland and Wales.
As it was around 26 degrees and the water was 20 degrees, wetsuits were prohibited for the race. Amelia started the 200m swim with the other eager athletes in a flurry of white water. Amelia left the water in 15th position, an unexpected 20 seconds behind the first place athlete, we learned after the race she had been pulled back by both ankles which had hindered her progress, but hey that is racing!
She started the bike 5.9km technical bike section looking composed and little by little started to move through the field. She had recently been training with the Yorkshire Region on her bike skills and turns and on the very technical course it really paid off. By the time she entered transition for the last time she had managed to pass 10 of her opponents and move up to 5th position.
The run , at only 1200m, was a lot shorter than the usual 1800m so Amelia really had to push to try and catch the athletes in front of her. As she came round to the last 200m she had managed to move up to a clear 3rd and was chasing the 2nd place athlete hard.
She was constantly gaining and crossed the line in a brilliant 3rd position, just 1 second behind 2nd place. Amelia was ecstatic to be shortly afterwards presented with her Great Britain Tristar 2 Bronze medal. A fantastic achievement!
