It was a Kiwi double-act in Sunday’s Auckland International Triathlon, with Kris Gemmell and Andrea Hewitt winning the men’s and women’s races.
Gemmell pulled away from fellow Kiwi and veteran Bevan Docherty after a close cycle run to win the event in 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Earlier, Andrea Hewitt pulled away from her rivals on the running leg to win the women’s event.
Hewitt completed the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer cycle and 10-kilometer run in 2 hours, 14 minutes; a minute ahead of Japan's Tomoko Sakimoto who beat her compatriot Mariko Adachi by 14 seconds for second place.
After a strong swim, Hewitt raced near the head of the field on the hilly cycle course then ran away from the field in the run around downtown
Auckland. The World Cup event is being held in New Zealand for the first time since 2008 and in Auckland for the first time since 1998.
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