🏊♀️ Eva Goodisson has produced the headline result for New Zealand at World Triathlon Cup Saïdia overnight while Canterbury U23 Henry McMecking upstaged his more experienced compatriots in the men’s race.
Goodisson finished 7th in the Moroccan standard distance race with dual Olympian Ainsley Thorpe 10th, while McMecking was 15th ahead of James Corbett and Saxon Morgan in 20th and 22nd respectively.
A first ever training block at altitude in the Pyrenees looks to have worked for Goodisson who powered to a 35 second lead out of the water in Saïdia and led solo for the first 15km on the bike before a big bunch hauled the Gold Coast-based 26-year-old in.
Goodisson closed with a 38:30 split for the 10k run while Thorpe struggled in the oppressive heat to stop the run clock at 38:45. Russian athlete Diana Isakova stormed home in 35:54 to claim gold.
The performance continues Goodisson’s impressive first half of 2025 which has included an Oceania Super Sprint bronze medal and a WTCS best of 23rd in Alghero, Italy last month.
Morgan made the front bunch of the men’s race initially but a chase group including Corbett and McMecking latched on at around the 12km mark.
McMecking ran a 33:38 10k to produce arguably his best result at senior level, a brilliant way to end his European campaign and a massive confidence boost in what was his first offshore standard distance World Cup. His 15th place eclipsed by a place his result at World Cup Napier, a sprint, in February.
Corbett felt flat on the run to record a 35:36 split while Morgan took a tumble about 3km into the run when he tripped on a road grate and eventually clocked 36:30.
World Triathlon Cup Saïdia
Sunday, June 29 – Morocco
1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km run
Women
🥇Diana Isakova (AIN) – 1:57: 32
🥈Danielle Orie (USA) – 1:57:44
🥉Ilaria Zane (ITA) – 1:57:58
Also
7th: Eva Goodisson (NZL) – 1:59:27
10th – Ainsley Thorpe (NZL) – 2:00:15
Men
🥇Oliver Conway (GBR) – 1:45:53
🥈Tyler Mislawchuk (CAN) – 1:45:58
🥉John Reed (USA) – 1:46:11
Also
15th: Henry McMecking (NZL) – 1:48:10|
20th: James Corbett (NZL) – 1:50:11
22nd: Saxon Morgan (NZL) – 1:50:58
