Canada’s Joanna Brown wins gold at CAMTRI sprint triathlon in Florida
SARASOTA, Fla. — Canada’s Joanna Brown won the gold medal in the women’s CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon on Saturday.
Brown, from Carp, Ont., ran away from the field in the women’s sprint event, clocking a golden time of 55 minutes 36 seconds in the 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and five-kilometre run course.
“It was awesome. I just felt good to be good again,” said Brown, who has been rebuilding after a couple of years plagued with injuries. “I really didn’t know how it was going to go today. I was really nervous before the race because I didn’t know where I was at. I knew if I had a good race I could win, but there was lots of questions in my mind, and if it was a bad day it was going to be a long one.”
The 24-year-old Brown had a decent swim, coming out of the water with a string of girls just 15 seconds off the lead pace, which set her up to control the pack on the bike.