DANAO, Cebu: South African Bradley Weiss showed his top form in Danao’s sun-scorched, punishing terrain to run away with back-to-back titles in the XTERRA Philippines Off Road Triathlon series on Sunday. Pacing himself well in the highly-challenging and lengthy course torched by 40 degree heat and humidity, Weiss pulled away in the mountain roads en route to annexing the XTERRA Danao Cebu diadem as a followup to his triumph in last year’s XTERRA Albay. Austrian Carina Wasle, meanwhile, hit paydirt after two previous heartbreakers on Philippines soil, scoring a wire-to-wire victory in the women’s pro division. Wasle posted 4:07:49 to beat Aussie Penny Slater (4:36:21) and American Jessica Koltz (5:22:53) with plenty to spare. I’ve been racing professionally for six years now and this one’s probably the hardest and hottest race I’ve ever done,” said Weiss.

Source: Manila Times April 23, 2017 12:22 UTC