Treiathlon Caerdydd 2016

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-Cardiff, our capital city.

-It's a city of sport

-up there with the best in the world.

-In March, distance runners including

-Mo Farah pounded the streets.

-Recently, over 14,000 cyclists

-brought the city to a halt...

-..for Velothon Wales.

-Today, a combination of running,

-cycling...

-..and swimming

-in the clear waters of the Bay...

-..has attracted 1,000 athletes

-for another of the main events...

-..in Wales' sporting calendar.

-The Cardiff Triathlon

-is back for a second year.

-The organizers

-have promised an even better race.

-We're a Welsh company

-organizing this event in Cardiff.

-Always Aim High...

-..hopes that people smile

-as they cross the finish line.

-We're expecting that today.

-It's happened

-with every event we've organized.

-Happy people who want to return

-the following year.

-The event

-offers something for everyone.

-There's a Super Sprint race

-for first-timers...

-..and sprint and Olympic-distance

-races for the elite...

-..on a fast, flat course

-on traffic-free roads.

-Some of Britain's best athletes

-are here...

-..including last year's champion,

-Eloise Crowley from Cardiff...

-..and the rugby legend from

-the Amman Valley, Shane Williams.

-It's nice to be back in Cardiff.

-It's something different.

-I'm looking forward.

-It's my first Olympic triathlon.

-I just want to see if I can do it.

-Just being able to finish the swim

-is important to me!

-It's great

-to be taking part in Cardiff.

-People were out

-supporting us last year.

-I can't wait

-to hopefully do well again.

-I've done

-a couple of races before...

-..but I've never put

-the three parts together.

-What better place than Cardiff,

-where I was raised...

-..to do my first.

-It's fantastic

-that they've closed the roads.

-I've been doing

-quite a bit of swimming...

-..but swimming out there is very

-different to doing it in the pool.

-I think the first discipline

-will be the hardest today.

-For the Olympic-distance athletes...

-..it's a 1500m swim

-up and down the Bay.

-They fetch their bike from

-transition in Roald Dahl Plass...

-..before cycling 40km

-around three laps of a circuit...

-..before running 10km past

-the Assembly and the barrage...

-..before finishing

-in front of the Millennium Centre.

-A thousand athletes

-will be going for it.

-Here are the ones to watch

-among the elite.

-Eloise Crowley

-is back to defend her crown.

-It's going to be hard.

-There are some very good girls here.

-It'll be good.

-I don't want a race

-where there's no competition.

-Lauren Roe will want to improve

-on her third-place finish last year.

-I lived in Cardiff for six years

-at uni, where I started triathlon.

-I moved to London last summer.

-It should be good.

-Bethan Hughes is from Cardiff

-but is now part of Chester's club.

-I had a little spill last year.

-It meant I didn't complete the race.

-I crashed on the bike.

-This year, it would be good

-to get the whole race in.

-A new face this year is

-Karen Shimmin from the Isle of Man.

-She has the pedigree

-to challenge the best.

-Among the men,

-Chris Silver came second last year.

-Hopefully,

-I can go one better this year.

-Dave Bishop's not here.

-Fingers crossed.

-My preparation has gone well.

-I'm feeling confident I can do it.

-Joe Beech, who won the Welsh

-Championship in Bala last month...

-..is quietly confident.

-It's me and Chris, I think!

-I've heard there's a Marine in it.

-If I can get out the swim anywhere

-near Chris, we'll have a race on.

-It depends which version of myself

-turns up.

-Sometimes I'm good,

-sometimes I'm not.

-If the good version turns up,

-I could have him.

-Watch that Marine, Joe.

-It's Royal Marine Ebbage's

-first time here.

-Good, strong bike, good, strong run.

-It's just the swimming.

-It's not down to 17 minutes,

-it's around 20.

-If I can get out in the top 50,

-I should be alright.

-I should be able to hold my own

-on the bike and the run.

-At 7.15am, the elite men,

-the first wave of athletes...

-..in their yellow hats...

-..are aiming for Penarth on

-the far side of the 500-acre lake.

-1500 metres of swimming,

-a mile to you and me...

-..before they reach dry land.

-It's a sunny morning in Cardiff.

-Penarth is inviting.

-There are eight miles of paths

-around the barrage...

-..which came to existence after

-damming the Taff and Ely rivers.

-The women are now in the water

-wearing red caps.

-They also have 1500 metres

-of hard swimming ahead of them.

-When the barrage

-was completed in 1999...

-..it was one of the biggest

-engineering projects in Europe.

-The water was oxygenized...

-..to improve its quality.

-There's a quality

-to the swimming too.

-Two are neck and neck.

-First out of the water

-are Ben Elliott and Alex Thorley...

-..in a superb time

-of 16 minutes, 51 seconds.

-Tom Lewin is third,

-eight seconds behind.

-He's going straight

-to the transition area.

-They're now into Roald Dahl Plass...

-..the public area that's home to the

-Millennium Centre and the Senedd.

-Alex Thorley is there,

-a student at Cardiff University.

-Plass means place in Norwegian,

-in tribute to Dahl's roots...

-..and the maritime link

-which gave Cardiff its existence...

-..as well

-as the nearby Norwegian church.

-Chris Silver.

-He was second yesterday.

-There's confusion, as two

-come out the water together....

-..over which one

-is given the correct time.

-Joseph Ricciardi

-is sixth out the water.

-This is a good time for him.

-It keeps alive his hopes of

-making an impression on the race.

-In the meantime, the leading women

-are nearing dry land.

-This looks like another close race.

-Look at those bikes.

-There's a scary amount of money

-on display at Roald Dahl Plass.

-Thorley is first out.

-Elliott is having a nightmare.

-That can be the difference between

-winning and losing in a triathlon.

-Finding the right bike

-is quite a task too.

-Silver is third out of transition.

-Ebbage is ninth.

-Considering that swimming

-isn't his strongest discipline...

-..he's done well.

-Alex Thorley

-goes into the lead on the road.

-He can expect to be challenged...

-..by Richard Ebbage, Chris Silver,

-Tom Lewin and Ricciardi.

-Lewin is in second.

-Elliott is in third.

-They have company.

-Silver is focused on his task.

-He looks comfortable on his bike.

-Ricciardi is fifth.

-There are no cars

-on these roads today.

-Ebbage has done superbly.

-He knew

-that he was strongest on the bike.

-He's showing his experience,

-moving up and down the gears.

-The pipe allows him

-to drink from his bottle...

-..which will give him energy

-on these 40 kilometres.

-He'll then start on the run...

-..when he'll hope to be in the lead.

-The Royal Marine, Richard Ebbage.

-The women are still toiling away.

-Who'll be the first out the water?

-That's the St David's Hotel

-in the background.

-It looks like Eloise Crowley

-is the first one out.

-It's an excellent time.

-She's a former

-Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf pupil.

-She's the 11th fastest

-out of the men and women.

-Lauren Roe is tight on her heels.

-This will be quite a race as well.

-She's being applauded

-as she reaches Roald Dahl Plass.

-Here's the main threat,

-Karen Shimmin.

-She wasn't here last year.

-Crowley looks very organized

-in the transition area.

-She puts on her sunglasses.

-Roe has arrived.

-Who'll be out first?

-You can make up a bit of time

-in this part.

-Bethan Hughes is out the water and

-already preparing for transition.

-Look how many have come out

-to support the athletes.

-This is a sport

-that's grown in popularity...

-..since the London Olympics

-four years ago.

-Roe is second out of transition.

-One of the favourites,

-Karen Shimmin, is still third.

-This will be a close race,

-just like the men.

-Bethan Hughes is fourth

-coming out of transition.

-She hopes to catch up on the bike

-and the run, her strongest elements.

-Cardiff is fast becoming

-a city for sport.

-Professional athletes

-with Olympic ambitions are here.

-The Cardiff course

-is perfect for the novice too.

-The traffic-less roads

-are ideal for any nervous cyclists.

-The water isn't too cold

-at this time of year either.

-As well as elite athletes...

-..there are over 1,000 competitors

-of all abilities.

-They're just as keen

-to make an impression...

-..in a sport

-that's perhaps new to them.

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-Welcome back. Triathlon is a sport

-which attracts all kinds of people.

-A newcomer to the sport is the

-former Wales winger, Shane Williams.

-Giving up rugby was tough.

-I wanted to do something so I

-started taking part in triathlons.

-This is my fourth.

-It's completely different to rugby.

-The training takes so much longer.

-I've started from scratch.

-I'll never win these triathlons,

-but it's nice to compete.

-I train with my brother

-and brother-in-law.

-A lot of the old lads from the

-Amman valley are running marathons.

-It's a midlife crisis really!

-People of all shapes and sizes

-pass me in the race!

-That's what's great

-about triathlons.

-All types of people take part,

-all of varying fitness.

-They all want to have fun.

-Saying that, everyone wants to win

-and I'm no exception.

-Having completed the swim

-across Cardiff Bay...

-..the competitors are

-on the streets of Cardiff...

-..which have been closed

-for the occasion.

-A technical course which needs good

-cycling skills on the tight corners.

-I'm a time trial specialist.

-These courses favour crit riders.

-A lot of aggressive cornering. Not

-much scope for getting my head down.

-It does get busy.

-Having closed roads gives you that

-much more freedom to pass people.

-A lot of corners,

-roundabouts and dead turns.

-Might not work for me.

-Richard Ebbage, the Royal Marine,

-was ninth out of the water.

-He has powered over the streets of

-Cardiff and he now leads the race.

-In second place is Chris Silver.

-He was fourth after the swim.

-He has Joseph Ricciardi as company.

-He was nowhere after the swim...

-..but is fully concentrating on

-the cycling element of the race.

-Lewin holds his ground.

-This is Alex Thorley, second out

-of the water, and still in the race.

-Just look at Ebbage concentrating.

-He's a very tidy cyclist.

-Ricciardi has caught up with

-and passed Chris Silver.

-He is into second place.

-He is also a very compact rider.

-He has a lot of work to do...

-..to catch up with the Royal Marines

-champion, Richard Ebbage.

-Eloise Crowley is having problems

-with the bike.

-We know that these

-are tight corners.

-She's struggling with the technical

-aspects of the cycling...

-..having done so well on the swim.

-Lauren Roe is very upright on the

-bike, different to many others...

-..but she is going well.

-Shimmin is the hot favourite.

-She is eager to make up some time.

-She wasn't the fastest in the water.

-She passes Eloise Crowley with ease.

-Ebbage had to buy new goggles...

-..having left his usual ones

-back home.

-He's fully concentrating

-on the job in hand.

-As is Joseph Ricciardi...

-..but he wasn't able to make up

-any time on Ebbage on the bike.

-This is the transition area.

-It's where you can gain time

-but where you can also lose time.

-Ebbage make quite a pig's ear of the

-first transition out of the water.

-So many things to remember, like

-putting those shoes on properly.

-A quick glance at the watch,

-and off he goes.

-Joe Ricciardi

-had a very good bike ride.

-Only Ebbage was faster than him.

-He still has a lot to do.

-Chris Silver, second last year,

-is third at the moment.

-Karen Shimmin has taken the lead.

-She's far more comfortable

-on the bike than in the water.

-Eloise Crowley and Lauren Roe

-keep each other company.

-Karen Shimmin is the first through

-transition after the bike stage.

-She wastes no time at all.

-Bethan Hughes was the fastest

-on the bike stage.

-She's hot on Shimmin's heels.

-Last year's winner,

-Eloise Crowley...

-..must be feeling that her crown

-is slipping away from her.

-Long after the elite

-have left the water...

-..there is one

-very special competitor.

-Her name is Poppy Jones.

-Poppy was born with cerebral palsy

-and some other complications.

-Every part of her daily life

-is a real challenge.

-She's here with father, Rob, raising

-money for the charity, Cerebra.

-She has a very special team

-assisting her.

-She's determined to reach the end

-of the journey.

-At the start of the year...

-..Rob couldn't even swim two lengths

-of his local swimming pool.

-They are encouraged by the support

-they receive every step of the way.

-It's going really well.

-Feels really good.

-Lots of support. Fantastic.

-Poppy's loving it.

-Amazing!

-Come on, dad!

-Poppy doesn't consider that her

-condition prevents her having fun.

-That has been an inspiration

-to her father, Rob...

-..and it should be to all of us.

-Since he emerged from the water,

-Richard Ebbage has looked strong.

-He was fastest on the bike.

-He knows this is also a good time.

-He favours the bike and the run.

-Alex Thorley has found some energy

-from somewhere to catch Silver.

-Silver then passes Alex Thorley...

-..to regain third place.

-He also flies past Joseph Ricciardi.

-Ricciardi cycled well.

-It must hurt to see the leader

-running towards you.

-Ebbage is way ahead of Chris Silver.

-No-one has got near

-to the Royal Marine today.

-Richard Ebbage

-wins the 2016 Cardiff Triathlon.

-Definitely up there. One of

-the best I've done in the UK.

-The course was good.

-I'll definitely do it next year.

-Chris Silver was second,

-as he was last year.

-A little bit gutted

-but can't complain.

-Richard smashed the bike.

-I couldn't stick with it.

-Not many could have lived

-with Ebbage over this course.

-He was over two minutes faster

-than Silver.

-Alex Thorley was a further

-two minutes adrift.

-Karen Shimmin has been head and

-shoulders above the other women...

-..on the bike and the run.

-Lauren Roe has got the better

-of Bethan Hughes to claim second.

-Not the best day for last year's

-winner, Eloise Crowley, in fourth.

-She's struggled on the run.

-Lauren Roe is still battling hard

-to close the gap...

-..but it's too wide a gap

-between her and Karen Shimmin...

-..the winner.

-Really pleased.

-The support is fantastic.

-I'll definitely do it again.

-A strong swim, but it's second place

-for Lauren Roe.

-Really happy with that. Really

-enjoyed it. The run was tough.

-It's nice on the barrage.

-Bethan Hughes was third.

-It's nice to finish on the podium.

-I crashed on the bike last year.

-It's nice to get round the course.

-It was a better day for Eloise

-Crowley last year than in 2016.

-I felt OK today, but not brilliant.

-That's what happens in triathlons.

-A bad day at the office.

-I can't win every time.

-Maybe next year.

-One needs to be philosophical!

-Karen Shimmin wins with Lauren Roe

-second, and Bethan Hughes third...

-..ahead of last year's winner,

-Eloise Crowley.

-The smile on Shane Williams' face

-speaks volumes.

-Velindre Cancer

-Centre is also being supported.

-Yes, I enjoyed it. There was a great

-atmosphere around the course.

-On the bike and the run.

-All the supporters

-were in the transition area.

-It's my first Olympic triathlon

-and it went well. I'm very pleased.

-Gethin Jones took the opportunity

-to launch his autistic charity, Nai.

-It was good and the crowds

-make a huge difference.

-Every time you go through transition

-it's a boost for the next stage.

-I'm glad we've completed it.

-Matthew Pritchard, once of Dirty

-Sanchez, also had plenty of support.

-Brilliant. Amazing.

-The only bad thing was, the support

-made so much noise, you went faster!

-You wonder what you've done

-because your lungs are bursting!

-No city compares

-as far as sport is concerned.

-Cardiff Bay is a great place

-to compete, sorry, to take part!

-And it's flat, which helps.

-And it's flat, which helps.

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-That was a big help.

-Poppy Jones' adventurous

-and competitive spirit...

-..made sure her father, Rob,

-was kept on his toes.

-When they arrived back

-to the Millennium Centre...

-..no-one was given

-a warmer reception.

-We didn't know if it was

-a good or bad idea.

-The transitions is where

-you have to be most careful.

-Getting Pops out of the water,

-onto the bike.

-Once you get going, it's fantastic.

-The support was amazing.

-Everyone was cheering us on.

-Poppy and the triathlon...

-..has once again put Cardiff

-and Wales on the map.

-The weather stayed fair.

-Everyone has enjoyed it.

-Everyone crossing the finish line

-was smiling.

-A brilliant day.

-Best thing I've done.

-Support was really good.

-The bells kept you going.

-A nice atmosphere.

-The support was amazing.

-It helps that people shout

-their support. It keeps you going.

-A really good atmosphere. You felt

-supported all the way round.

-A great day. It's only the second

-one. It will definitely grow.

-It's great that the roads

-are closed.

-It's been a successful day.

-A stronger field this year

-with some big names.

-I can see it growing.

-Looking forward to next year now.

-It was brilliant.

-We'll speak to the government

-to build on this year's success...

-..and to grow into a World

-Championship event in the future.

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