Jodie Swallow 2nd at Challenge Laguna Phuket

Jodie Swallow stepped onto the 2nd podium perch at Challenge Laguna Phuket, after 4:23:25 of racing. Swallow finished behind the 2015 champion from Switzerland, Simone Braendli (4:22:42) but ahead of the Czech Radka Vodickova 4:30:50.

Afterwards, Swallow tweeted:

Happyish with second today @ChallengePhuket . Simone was flying -the Swiss triathletes are taking over! But loved it ,1st race of 2016

Switzerland’s Ruedi Wild, more than successfully defended his 2014 Challenge Laguna Phuket title when he finished first in 3:54:45 (swim 21:29, bike 2:12:17, run 1:18:21) at the half-distance 2015 Challenge Laguna Phuket (1.9K swim, 90K bike, 21K run), in Phuket, Thailand, breaking his own winning record of 4:02:43 made last year.

Followed home in second place was Belgium’s Bart Aernouts who made his Challenge Laguna Phuket’s debut today. Aernouts was about a minute behind Wild, finished in 03:55:41.

Third overall was Italy’s Alberto Casadei, finished in 3:58:22.

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