The Americans brought out the brooms to sweep the Age Group Standard Duathlon Monday in Penticton.

Albert Harrison (25 to 29) busted through the finish line ribbon to win the five-kilometre run, 40-km bike and 5-km run in one hour 51 minutes eight seconds. Taking the female side was Kirsten Sass (35 to 39) in 2:02:17.

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Great Britain91裸聊视频檚 Lee Piercy was second overall in 1:52:04, while Canadian Matt Straatman took third, but won his age group of 20 to 24.

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Canadian Melissa Paauwe won the 30 to 34 age group and was second overall in 2:04:47, in what she described as a strong field.

91裸聊视频淵ou don91裸聊视频檛 always get that in duathlon. That91裸聊视频檚 what I was really excited about with this event,91裸聊视频� said Paauwe. 91裸聊视频淔ast runners right out of the gate. I relied on my bike. I went hard on the bike. This is where it landed me.91裸聊视频�

Finishing second overall was surreal for her as she found the course mentally challenging.

91裸聊视频淵ou are constantly battling with emotions,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淧ull harder, pull back. You don91裸聊视频檛 really know. I just stay within my own head.91裸聊视频�

Mexico91裸聊视频檚 Jose Aureliano Valenzuela Roman captured the Paratriathletes Sprint title. Valenzuela crossed the finish line after completing the 5-km run, 20-km bike and 2.5-km run in 1:05:23. Valenzuela91裸聊视频檚 objective was to better his performance in Avila, Spain last year.

91裸聊视频淭he route was comfortable. I was relaxed and the last part of the race, while I was cycling, I felt really under pressure, but I finally did it,91裸聊视频� Valenzuela said through a translator.

Valenzuela became a para athlete after he was part of an accident during a race nearly 30 years ago in which a vehicle crashed into 20 cyclists. He had a broken left arm. Winning this world championship was about doing it for young athletes and kids.

Fiona Southern of New Zealand won the women91裸聊视频檚 championship in 1:10:29. She was followed by Australia;s John Domandl and Jessica Toumela of Canada. Canadian Jon Dunkerley wasn91裸聊视频檛 able to finish the race as he encountered bike problems, which trouble him in the past.

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The event is only a warmup as he also intends to the Aquathlon and the Long Course distance.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e too old to do the short stuff,91裸聊视频� he joked.

Tuomela completed the course in 1:20:45.

91裸聊视频淚 have never done duathlon before. It was pretty hard,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 was very happy with it. Running is something I have been working on for the last three months. This was a little bit intimidating.91裸聊视频�

Toumela enjoyed the course, which she felt was fair and a perfect challenge.

Penticton has athletes competing on home turf. On opening day in the sprint duathlon, Ian Ross (70-74), who competed in the ITU worlds in Avila, Spain, finished in 1:36:15. He placed 509th out of 681 athletes and 11 of 17 in his category. In today91裸聊视频檚 event, Sybilla Bartram placed eighth in the 60 to 64 age category finishing in 2:41:07. Deborah Chadwick, 55 to 59, placed 10th in her category after clocking in at 2:40:37. Doug Howard, 55 to 59, was 29th finishing in 2:24:44 and Murray MacPherson, 65 to 69, was second in his group, finishing in 2:20:06. S. Paul Varga placed 41st in the 50 to 54 age group. He finished in 3:15:57.