Emma Jackson Gets First WTS Victory in Edmonton
“I hadn’t been on a WTS podium since 2014, so I am quite emotional now,” said Jackson of the victory.
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She hadn’t been in a WTS podium since 2014, but in the last few months Australian Emma Jackson had been showing that she was back on form and ready to move one step forward. The brand new course of the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Edmonton proved to be the perfect scenario for her come-back, nailing a perfect race to claim her first ever WTS victory of her career. Behind her in the finish line were USA’s Summer Rappaport and another Australian, Asleigh Gentle.
“I hadn’t been on a WTS podium since 2014, so I am quite emotional now,” said Jackson of the victory. “I’ve had some good runs in Montreal and Hamburg and I have been training really well lately, but I was not expecting this. I just wanted to have a good swim and I think I had a terrible one today, but luckily Taylor Knibb and Ashleigh Gentle worked really hard to take us back up with the leaders. After so many months out with injuries and after so much time training, this feels quite unbelievable now.”
Read the complete race recap and results here and then enjoy these images from photographer Wagner Araujo.
