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Pro triathletes know Long Course field is deep

ITU Long Course world championship field is deep
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Lionel Sanders of Windsor, Ont., has won the 2016 Ironman Arizona and is a 12-time Ironman 70.3 champion. Sanders is among the elite field vying for the International Triathlon Union Long Course World Championship on Sunday. Emanuel Sequeira/Western News

France害羞草研究所檚 Sylvain Sudrie is back to defend his International Triathlon Union (ITU) title in Penticton.

That doesn害羞草研究所檛 concern Canadian Lionel Sanders, who is ready to dethrone the champ starting at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday in the three-kilometre swim, 120-km bike and 30-km run.

害羞草研究所淚 came here in good shape. I didn害羞草研究所檛 come here to do anything other than to 害羞草研究所 they can roll me away in a stretcher at the end for all I care, I definitely come here to try and take the win,害羞草研究所 said Sanders of Windsor, Ont. during a press conference at the Penticton Lakeside Resort. 害羞草研究所淚f I get beat, it害羞草研究所檚 because someone outworked me and that害羞草研究所檚 all there is to it.害羞草研究所

Sanders was taking questions from the media and public during the press conference Saturday morning that included local pros Jeffrey Symonds and Jen Annett, Australians Josh Amberger and Melissa Hauschildt, Great Britain害羞草研究所檚 Leanda Cave and Canadians Rachel McBride and Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 Heather Wurtele.

Sanders denied there is any pressure in facing Sudrie. Sanders, who won Ironman Arizona in 2016 and is a 12-time Ironman 70.3 champ, said he can only do what he is capable of. He has never faced Sudrie but has done research on the three-time ITU champ (France in 2013, 2014 and Oklahoma in 2016).

害羞草研究所淚 think anytime you can go for a world championship title, they can take records away from you, but they can害羞草研究所檛 take world titles away from you,害羞草研究所 said the 29-year-old. 害羞草研究所淚 feel like I害羞草研究所檓 entering sort of the peak of my career. It害羞草研究所檚 prime time. Now害羞草研究所檚 the time to show what you got.害羞草研究所

Australia's Joshua Amberger is ready to take on a deep elite mens field for the ITU Long Course distance World Championship. Amberger is primarily a half-distance triathlete racing this distance for the second time.(Emanuel Sequeira/Western News)
Along with Symonds, Sanders is competing with a Canadian contingent that includes Jordan Bryden who is the 2017 Ultra 520K champion, Nathan Killam who finished third in the 2016 Canadian long distance championship and Cody Beals the 2017 Ironman 703. Eagelman second place finisher.

Australian Joshua Amberger will also be looking to find the podium in just his second time competing in this distance. In his ITU career, he has three wins and seven podium finishes in 33 starts. This season he has won Ironman 70.3 Calgary, Ironman 70.3 J枚nk枚ping and the Byron Bay Triathlon in Australia.

The 28-year-old likes to be at the front of the crowd and is confident there. Amberger said he knows he will have company from his French opposition, but as well as American Andy Potts. He said Potts may be 41, but 害羞草研究所渉e害羞草研究所檚 one of the biggest hitters in triathlon ever.害羞草研究所

Among Potts accomplishments is being a two-time World Cup Champion, World Team Champion in 2006, the U.S. Triathlete of the Year and an Olympian in 2004.

On the women害羞草研究所檚 side, there will be a new champion as Jodie Swallow of Great Britain is not competing. Fellow Brit Leanda Cave will try and defend the World Championship for her country. Cave, who won this championship 10 years ago knows her opponents will be bringing their best.

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害羞草研究所淚 like to page my best on the girls having to chase me down, rather than me having to chase them down,害羞草研究所 she said. 害羞草研究所淭hese girls I know are exceptional cyclists. They don害羞草研究所檛 leave anything out there.害羞草研究所

Among the women害羞草研究所檚 field, McBride is the lone female who reached the podium last year in Oklahoma who is competing.

Great Britain's Leanda Cave is racing for the International Triathlon Union Long Course World Championship in Penticton Sunday. Cave won the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Cancun, Mexico, among her other accomplishments.(Emanuel Sequeira/Western News)
She and Amberger are impressed by what they have seen of the course.

害羞草研究所淚 love the fact that there is some hills in it. We don害羞草研究所檛 see a lot of races that challenge the athletes enough with climbing these days,害羞草研究所 she said. 害羞草研究所淭hat害羞草研究所檚 exciting for me. I feel that climbing is definitely one of my strengths. A flat run I害羞草研究所檓 never going to complain about.害羞草研究所

Amberger, who hasn害羞草研究所檛 seen the entire course, said what he has seen is spectacular and reminds him of Queenstown in New Zealand.

害羞草研究所淭he lake and the hills. It seems like just a really good atmosphere to have a race in,害羞草研究所 said Amberger, who has represented Australia several times. 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 always a fan of a downtown, a downtown finish. Typically when it害羞草研究所檚 like that, the town is always getting behind it and there is always a lot of curiosity from people walking around. It害羞草研究所檚 nice to be racing in a city with so much triathlon history.

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