Australian Clean Sweep - Erin Densham & Anthony McSweeny win ITU Singapore Asian Premium Cup Triathlon

Olympian Erin Densham made a successful return to racing from heart surgery as Australia claimed a pair of clean sweeps to totally dominate a Continental Cup meet in Singapore over the weekend. Densham underwent an operation late last year to treat tachycardia, a condition that sees the heart rate r

The ITU Singapore Asian Premium Cup Triathlon was her first Olympic Distance race since and the 25-year-old Victorian handled the hot and humid conditions with aplomb, holding off emerging Queenslander Amy Roberts in a sprint finish.

The pair had earlier formed a lead group with eventual third placegetter Courtney Dutton, with the trio riding and running together for the majority of the race.

Anthony McSweeny emerged victorious in the men’s race, although the tough conditions took their toll even on the winner, with the Queenslander briefly taken to hospital suffering from heat stress. Josh Maeder showed plenty of grit to take the silver medal, while Peter Shockman ran through from the chase pack to claim bronze.

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country	Time	Swim	Bike	Run
1	Erin	Densham	AUS	2:10:04	0:20:07	1:07:46	0:42:12
2	Amy	Roberts	AUS	2:10:09	0:20:08	1:07:44	0:42:17
3	Courtney	Dutton	AUS	2:10:26	0:20:29	1:07:25	0:42:33
4	Maiko	Ohta	JPN	2:17:11	0:20:52	1:12:17	0:44:03
5	Hoi	Long	MAC	2:18:53	0:22:37	1:11:56	0:44:22
6	Leanne	Szeto Shiu Yan	HKG	2:24:48	0:22:10	1:12:20	0:50:19
7	Madeline	Oldfield	AUS	2:26:01	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:48:18
DNF	Erin	Gangelhoff	AUS	0:00:00	0:21:54	1:12:42	0:00:00
DNF	Edith	Li Yik LAm	HKG	0:00:00	0:22:31	1:19:00	0:00:00
DNF	Inna	Tsyganok	UKR	0:00:00	0:21:13	1:11:59	0:00:00


Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country	Time	Swim	Bike	Run
1	Anthony	McSweeney	AUS	1:52:56	0:18:02	0:59:11	0:35:43
2	Joshua	Maeder	AUS	1:53:29	0:18:00	0:59:09	0:36:21
3	Peter	Schokman	AUS	1:53:52	0:19:27	0:59:34	0:34:52
4	Ben	Allen	AUS

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