Sarah True Takes 2nd
At World Triathlon Race
By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – Sarah True took to the podium in second place at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series yesterday Edmonton, Alberta, joining Summer Cook in her debut first-place finish and fellow Olympian Katie Zaferes for an All-American podium.
Otsego’s Olympian finished the 750-meter swim, 10-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course in 56:53, just narrowly missing Cook’s first place finish by three seconds. It’s her first race since a quad cramp in the bike portion cost her the 2016 Rio Games, where, after falling off her bike, she left the course.
It was an American-led race from the start, with five of the top 10 coming into the first transition hailing from the U.S. On the last lap of the run, True and Flora Duffy, Bermuda, broke out to an early lead. However, Cook came out of nowhere with the fastest run split of the day by 12 seconds, 16:38 over 5 kilometers, to pass True in the final kilometer. Meanwhile, Duffy faded down the stretch, allowing Zaferes to pull past and clinch the U.S. women’s third 1-2-3 finish ever, as well as the third both True and Zaferes have been a part of the past two seasons.
The final stop of the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series is set for Sept. 17-18 in Cozumel, Mexico, where world champions will be crowned based on season-long points standings. Currently, True is ranked 12.