Pedersen (DEN) and Dijkstra (GBR) take Gold in Nanjing Qualifier

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By David Peddie | 17 May, 2014

Alberte Kjaer Pedersen (DEN) and Ben Dijkstra (GBR) qualified for the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in style as they took victory in the sprint distance qualifier in Weert, Netherlands.

Europe has been awarded eleven places per gender for the individual triathlon event in Nanjing but only one place per National Federation. Therefore, before the race the athletes knew that even a top ten finish may not be enough to secure qualification for the individual race.

Pedersen made sure of her place in a thrilling women’s race, with the podium separated by just three seconds. Carmen Gomez (ESP) finished second and qualified for Nanjing ahead of her team-mate Cecilia Santamaria Surroca (ESP) who claimed the bronze medal.

In the Men’s race, Dijkstra enjoyed a more comfortable victory ahead of Dmitry Efimov (RUS) and Peer Sonksen (GER), who completed the podium.

A Mixed Relay competition will take place tomorrow with teams made up of the best four athletes (2 men and 2 women) based on today’s results.

A live stream of the Mixed Relay event can be found here. Broadcast will start at 1330 CEST with the race scheduled to start at 1345 CEST).

Related Event: 2014 Weert ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier

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Results: Youth Men
1.	Ben Dijkstra	GBR	00:52:55
2.	Dmitry Efimov	AIN	00:53:01
3.	Peer Sönksen	GER	00:53:02
4.	Alberto Gonzalez Garcia	ESP	00:53:09
5.	Emil Deleuran Hansen	DEN	00:53:17
6.	Andres Cendan Llorens	ESP	00:53:44
7.	Philip Horwarth	AUT	00:53:52
8.	Romain Loop	BEL	00:53:54
9.	Bence Lehmann	HUN	00:54:04
10.	Jannik Schaufler	GER	00:54:07

Results: Youth Women
1.	Alberte Kjær Pedersen	DEN	00:59:07
2.	Carmen Gomez Cortes	ESP	00:59:09
3.	Cecilia Santamaria Surroca	ESP	00:59:10
4.	Elizaveta Zhizhina	AIN	00:59:22
5.	Flóra Bicsák	HUN	00:59:24
6.	Sian Rainsley	GBR	00:59:35
7.	Kristin Ranwig	GER	00:59:39
8.	Emilie Morier	FRA	00:59:44
9.	Kirsten Nuyes	NED	00:59:48
10.	Ines Santiago Moron	ESP	00:59:59

Results: Mixed Youth Relay
1.	Team I Spain	ESP	01:11:38
2.	Team I Germany	GER	01:11:52
3.	Team I Hungary	HUN	01:12:06
4.	Team I Slovenia	SLO	01:12:20
5.	Team I Belgium	BEL	01:12:46
6.	Team I Switzerland	SUI	01:12:48
7.	Team I Netherlands	NED	01:13:17
8.	Team I Austria	AUT	01:13:31
9.	Team I Portugal	POR	01:14:08
10.	Team I Ukraine	UKR	01:14:44