{"id":11862,"date":"2021-05-08T07:54:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T07:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=11862"},"modified":"2021-05-08T07:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T07:54:31","slug":"challenge-wanaka-2015-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=11862","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Wanaka 2015 \u2013 gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>Perfectly warm and still conditions greeted athletes at Challenge Wanaka last weekend, with New Zealand athletes Dylan McNeice and Gina Crawford picking up their third and sixth victories respectively in the beautiful Southern Alps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >\n<p >The men\u2019s race was much closer than 2014 however, with local athlete Dougal Allen pushing hard all the way. McNeice completed the 3.8km swim in a new course record 45:33mins, but Allen rode a sensational bike leg of 4:30:50, smashing Richard Ussher\u2019s 2010 record by almost 12mins to claw back a lot of the ground he lost in the swim. It wasn\u2019t enough however to catch McNeice, who won in 8:37:14.<\/p>\n<p >\u201cIt was a lot harder than last year,\u201d said McNeice afterwards. \u201cDougal rode so well and I honestly thought he was going to catch me. He pushed me and I ran that first lap [on the run] too hard. I really felt it in the last 15km but I think that got me the title so it was worth the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Silver for Siddall<\/p>\n<p >In the women\u2019s race, Crawford was totally dominant despite facing a record number of pro athletes. Exiting the swim in 50:55mins among a group of pro men, she maintained a lead of between five and seven minutes during the 180km bike leg and completed the marathon run 11:55mins ahead of Laura Siddall (GBR) and 20:25mins ahead of Michelle Bremer (NZL).<\/p>\n<p >Siddall made her mark in only her second long distance triathlon after turning pro last year. Wanaka\u2019s German pro, Simone Maier has been a consistent performer in recent years and finished today\u2019s race just off the podium in fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p >\u201cIt\u2019s always a tough race here but the crowds are fantastic,\u201d said Crawford afterwards. \u201cI find it difficult leading, I really love chasing when it\u2019s easier to keep focused and motivated. When you\u2019re out front you don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >For complete results head here.<\/p>\n<p >(Images: Getty)<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><em><strong>Did you race Challenge Wanaka? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfectly warm and still conditions greeted athletes at Challenge Wanaka last weekend, with New Zealand athletes Dylan McNeice and Gina Crawford picking up their third and sixth victories respectively in the beautiful Southern Alps. Advertisement The men\u2019s race was much closer than 2014 however, with local athlete Dougal Allen pushing hard all the way. McNeice &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=11862\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Challenge Wanaka 2015 \u2013 gallery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}