Canada doubles at Pan Am Champs  Canada doubles at Pan Am Champs
By ITU Admin on 06/03/06 at 12:00 am  The day was beautiful,
warm and bright, with a light breeze fanning the waters as
athletes from North, Central, and South American gathered in
Brasilia to race the Pan American ITU Triathlon Championships on
June 4.  Canada swept the gold medals as Paul Tichelaar and
Kathy Tremblay claimed victory in times of 1:54:35 and 2:11:01
respectively.  Tichelaar led from start to finish as he pulled
the group through the swim and bike, breaking away early in the
run to hold onto a substantial lead.  Doug Friman from the
United States took the silver, while Antonio Marcos da Silva
from Brazil ran through the field with the fastest run split of
the day to take bronze.   Canada made it a double gold medal day
and Kathy Tremblay was able to break away early in the run from
a large group of women and claim victory.  Silver went to
Carmenza Morales from Colombia, and bronze to Rebeccah Wassner
from the United States.  Tre