The 2017 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon competition held in Penticton in Canada on 27 August 2017 and organized by the International Triathlon Union, now World Triathlon. The Elite races for men and consisted of a swim, bike and run, longer than the standard 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run associated with the World Triathlon Championship Series and the Olympic Games, but shorter than the classic Ironman Triathlon event.

The championship was held as part of the 2017 ITU World Multi-sports Championships which crowned several world champions in non Olympic distance events governed by the then-ITU.

Medal Summary EventGoldSilverBronze Men 5:20:36 5:22:09 5:26:23Women 5:51:23 5:55:04 5:55:51

Results The following are the results of the elite races:

Men

Home athlete Lionel Sanders overcame a puncture on the course to claim a first ITU Long distance world title.Sanders and Crowley victorious at Penticton Rank Athlete Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time 40:40 1:43 2:51:12 1:28 1:45:35 5:20:36 36:29 1:49 2:48:57 1:32 1:53:23 5:22:09 40:02 1:36 2:52:56 1:36 1:50:15 5:26:23 4 38:09 1:37 2:56:58 1:24 1:49:19 5:27:25 5 38:36 1:32 2:50:35 1:24 1:57:44 5:29:49 6 39:54 1:30 2:53:11 1:24 1:56:23 5:32:19 7 39:59 2:10 3:01:34 1:34 1:50:51 5:36:05 8 40:49 1:59 3:00:40 1:27 1:52:16 5:37:08 9 38:15 1:24 3:02:02 1:38 1:55:31 5:38:48 10 1:04:32 n/k n/k n/k 2:03:43 5:40:56 11 43:19 1:28 2:57:51 1:34 1:59:26 5:43:36 12 40:46 2:13 3:03:15 1:38 2:01:49 5:49:40 13 43:20 1:50 3:08:46 1:34 1:55:17 5:50:44 14 40:42 1:56 3:06:17 1:35 2:03:15 5:53:44 15 39:57 2:09 3:27:17 1:51 2:11:57 6:23:09 16 38:40 1:43 3:17:01 2:01 2:27:28 6:26:51 - 40:49 2:00 2:04:42 6:04 - DNF - 38:13 1:53 3:08:22 1:55 - DNF - 43:22 2:07 3:39:31 3:01 - DNF - 38:37 1:37 - - - DNF - 38:15 1:46 - - - DNF - 36:31 2:05 3:02:41 6:27 - DSQ - 43:19 1:36 2:58:46 1:30 2:02:36 DSQ - - - - - - DNSKey : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start; n/k : not recorded

Women

Australia's Sarah Crowley won her first world title on the back of winning Ironman Championships in both Europe and Asia, overtaking Helle Frederiksen of Denmark and home hope Heather Wurtele on the final run leg. Rank Athlete Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time 42:56 1:58 3:09:24 1:30 1:55:37 5:51:23 39:31 1:40 3:10:41 1:21 2:01:53 5:55:04 42:55 1:44 3:09:40 1:34 2:00:00 5:55:51 4 44:54 1:48 3:12:07 1:40 2:00:49 6:01:16 5 39:33 1:53 3:12:55 2:00 2:08:24 6:04:44 6 39:38 1:43 3:16:19 1:41 2:08:05 6:07:24 7 39:37 1:43 3:13:00 1:43 2:11:46 6:07:46 8 45:23 1:48 3:12:29 1:26 2:09:41 6:10:44 9 45:22 1:54 3:14:08 1:15 2:10:24 6:13:01 10 39:28 1:49 3:16:32 1:35 2:15:24 6:14:46 11 44:59 1:48 3:17:45 1:58 2:12:32 6:18:59 12 48:04 2:06 3:23:43 1:33 2:06:26 6:21:49 13 51:05 2:06 3:27:51 1:49 2:06:18 6:29:08 14 44:56 2:10 3:35:44 1:49 2:08:13 6:32:50 15 45:22 2:02 3:26:21 1:40 2:18:05 6:33:29 16 55:50 2:33 3:31:03 1:38 2:18:49 6:49:52 17 44:55 1:49 3:55:01 2:24 2:44:52 7:28:58 - 45:29 1:55 3:21:57 1:35 - DNF - 41:34 2:12 - - - DNFKey : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start

Para triathlon and age group

In addition to the elite races, a series of para triathlon and age group championship races were held over the event. The champions in each classification are listed below:

Classification Athlete Nation Overall time PTS3 Women Maria Huche 11:50:58 PTVI Men John Domandl B2 07:34:09 18-19 Male AG Payne Pachuda 06:59:26 20-24 Female AG Kiah Wheeler 06:56:28 20-24 Male AG Loren Nelson 06:34:31 25-29 Female AG Jenna-Caer Seefried 07:10:35 25-29 Male AG Frank Sorbara 05:58:34 30-34 Female AG Heather Low 06:54:03 30-34 Male AG Maley Joel 06:07:52 35-39 Female AG Jaime Simmons 06:38:34 35-39 Male AG Donovan Geldenhuys 06:03:06 40-44 Female AG Liza Rachetto 06:32:21 40-44 Male AG Martin Caron 06:01:53 45-49 Female AG Tanya Salomon 06:52:26 45-49 Male AG Dave Slavinski 06:13:36 50-54 Female AG Carolyn Craik 07:11:51 50-54 Male AG Dan Stephens 06:09:45 55-59 Female AG Ellen Hart 07:07:06 55-59 Male AG David Percy 06:39:37 60-64 Female AG Jill Kirker 08:12:32 60-64 Male AG Ron Gierut 06:48:45 65-69 Female AG Anne Viviani 09:58:32 65-69 Male AG Mike Wien 07:21:44 70-74 Female AG Lydia Miller 10:04:40 70-74 Male AG Mike Nelson 08:32:21

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