Best of 2014: Camilla Pedersen's comeback

by Erin Greene on 31 Dec, 2014 11:01 • Español

Camilla Pedersen (DEN) no doubt claimed the comeback story of the year. Late in 2013, the Danish athlete endured a training accident on her bike that required her to be in an induced coma for a month with doctors doubting the eventual outcome.

But with an abominable will, Pederson defied the odds and made a full recovery. Despite it all, she somehow found the energy to begin training again after her brush with death.

Almost a year to the day of her accident, Pederson not only competed in, but clenched her first world title in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Weihai, China.

“It is one year since my bad accident. I have come back and I am speechless,” said Pedersen after the race.

WOW what a day, what a year!

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Related Event: 2014 Weihai ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

21 Sep, 2014 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Bertrand Billard	FRA	05:09:09
2.	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	05:11:50
3.	Cyril Viennot	FRA	05:15:34
4.	Graham O'grady	NZL	05:17:53
5.	Craig Alexander	AUS	05:20:45

Results: Elite Women
1.	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	05:43:31
2.	Kaisa Lehtonen	FIN	05:47:47
3.	Andrea Hansen	NZL	05:54:29
4.	Ewa Bugdol	POL	05:58:49
5.	Eva Potuckova	CZE	06:00:44

Results: 18-19 Female AG
1.	Emma Langley	USA	07:11:43

Results: 20-24 Male AG
1.	Ryan Waddington	AUS	05:36:50
2.	Guillaume Lecallier	FRA	05:56:03
3.	Takaaki Hiraoka	JPN	06:21:36
4.	Pengcheng Li	CHN	06:30:21
5.	Ryosuke Otsuka	JPN	06:35:22

Results: 20-24 Female AG
1.	Daniela Kaminska	POL	06:58:11
2.	Claire Johnstone	CAN	07:32:27
DNF.	Jade Winter	NZL	DNF

Results: 25-29 Male AG
1.	Craig Davis	AUS	05:42:55
2.	Grant Wilesmith	RSA	06:21:00
3.	Tim Glinski	USA	06:24:55
4.	Alexandru Diaconu	ROU	06:31:10
5.	Stephen Morriss	NZL	06:44:01

Results: 25-29 Female AG
1.	Liana Costello	NZL	07:05:13
2.	Anna Murawska	GBR	07:27:31
3.	Jyotsana Gill	AUS	07:29:38
4.	Yasue Nakahara	JPN	07:31:58
5.	Ruth-Anne Vanderwater	CAN	07:36:50

Results: 30-34 Male AG
1.	Shane Gibbs	AUS	05:52:01
2.	Peter Mauro	AUS	06:05:44
3.	Jamie Sutherland	NZL	06:26:56
4.	Hayden Corkin	NZL	06:33:45
5.	Hayato Mukai	JPN	06:45:14

Results: 30-34 Female AG
1.	Tamasin Reno	CAN	06:31:09
2.	Pamela Meyer	NZL	06:39:03
3.	Nicole Robertson	AUS	06:41:20
4.	Kelly Stokes	GBR	07:09:58
5.	Emma Parsons	NZL	07:30:53

Results: 35-39 Male AG
1.	Stephane Vander Bruggen	BEL	05:51:18
2.	Laurent Martinou	FRA	05:55:10
3.	Mark Huber	AUS	06:02:36
4.	Grant Bowdery	GBR	06:21:14
5.	Sam Labone	NZL	06:23:46

Pedersen wins first world title in Weihai
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