Non Stanford started her season with a win at the ITU World Cup event in Chegndu, China. She finished ahead of Laura Lindemann (GER) and Kirsten Kasper (USA) with Sophie Coldwell finishing in sixth place.
2017 Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup RESULTS:
Semifinal 1 Elite Men
| 1. | Dmitry Polyanskiy | RUS | 00:53:12 |
| 2. | Gábor Faldum | HUN | 00:53:13 |
| 3. | Joao Silva | POR | 00:53:14 |
| 14. | Liam Lloyd | GBR | 00:54:53 |
Semifinal 2 Elite Men
| 1. | Lukas Hollaus | AUT | 00:54:09 |
| 2. | Luke Willian | AUS | 00:54:09 |
| 3. | Tyler Mislawchuk | CAN | 00:54:09 |
| 9. | Gordon Benson | GBR | 00:54:28 |
Semifinal 3 Elite Men
| 1. | Rodrigo Gonzalez | MEX | 00:54:07 |
| 2. | Richard Varga | SVK | 00:54:08 |
| 3. | Igor Polyanskiy | RUS | 00:54:09 |
| 8. | Ben Dijkstra | GBR | 00:54:18 |
Semifinal 1 Elite Women
| 1. | Emma Jeffcoat | AUS | 00:59:52 |
| 2. | Jessica Learmonth | GBR | 00:59:52 |
| 3. | Sophie Coldwell | GBR | 00:59:52 |
| 4. | Lucy Hall | GBR | 00:59:52 |
Semifinal 2 Elite Women
| 1. | Claire Michel | BEL | 00:58:54 |
| 2. | Yuka Sato | JPN | 00:58:57 |
| 3. | Chunyan Xiong | CHN | 00:59:05 |
| 6. | Non Stanford | GBR | 00:59:09 |
Final Elite Men
| 1. | Matthew Hauser | AUS | 00:26:46 |
| 2. | Rostislav Pevtsov | AZE | 00:26:48 |
| 3. | Luke Willian | AUS | 00:26:50 |
| 19. | Gordon Benson | GBR | 00:27:10 |
| 20. | Ben Dijkstra | GBR | 00:27:14 |
Final B Elite Men
| 1. | Liam Lloyd | GBR | 00:27:56 |
| 2. | Ji Hwan Kim | KOR | 00:28:01 |
| 3. | Michael Lori | CAN | 00:28:01 |
Final Elite Women
| 1. | Non Stanford | GBR | 00:29:36 |
| 2. | Laura Lindemann | GER | 00:29:40 |
| 3. | Kirsten Kasper | USA | 00:29:42 |
| 6. | Sophie Coldwell | GBR | 00:29:53 |
| 11. | Jessica Learmonth | GBR | 00:30:00 |
| 12. | Lucy Hall | GBR | 00:30:03 |
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The format in Chengdu involved sprint-distance heats yesterday followed by a super-sprint distance final today. All of Britain’s women made it comfortably through to the final, although Vicky Holland was unable to start due to having a sore calf muscle.
Stanford came through the 400m swim, 10.2km bike and 2.5 km run faster than the rest of the field, including navigating a crash in the second transition where several athletes found themselves on the carpet in a mass of bikes and bodies.
Gordon Benson and Ben Dijkstra both made the men’s final and Liam Lloyd won the B final. This was Dijkstra’s first major senior event, and his focus still being on junior racing this year.
The Chengdu race provided a perfect stopping-off point on the way to the ITU World Series race in Yokohama next weekend.
