Sam Long and Fenella Langridge have finished the 2022 season with a US$25k bonus each after winning the 2022 Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus.<\/p>\n
The final points scoring race took place at Clash Daytona on Friday with Sara Perez Sala cementing her second place position but there was never any threat to Long and Langridge\u2019s leads. 194 professional athletes collected points throughout the season for the Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus and a share of the US$125k end-of-season payout.<\/p>\n
Langridge said 2022 had been an amazing year of experiences and memories. \u2018It wasn’t our plan at the beginning of the year to go after the Challenge Family World Bonus but it just happened through the passion and love of Challenge events,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel that when I am enjoying a race, I soak up the atmosphere, I race my best and each Challenge Family race obviously brought the best out of me which led me to win the World Bonus this year.\u00a0It goes without saying the competition in triathlon and especially in the women\u2019s field is getting stronger and stronger. So it\u2019s a real privilege and honour to say I am number one. Thank you fellow competitors and thank you Challenge Family.\u201d<\/p>\n
In contrast, Long started the season with the intention of winning the end-of-year bonus. “It feels great to win the World Bonus, this was one of my main goals for me this year and I believe I’m the first American to ever win this,\u201d he said. \u201cEven more, though I remember\u00a0the beautiful locations, the hospitality, and all the terrific race memories\u00a0that came with chasing this title this year.”<\/p>\n
The Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus initiative was established to provide professional athletes with the opportunity to race for a share of a US$125k end-of-season bonus as well as the prize purse at races. The World Bonus pays five deep across both men and women with the top ranked pros taking home $25k, second earns $16.5k and third wins $12k, fourth $6k and fifth $3k. Ranking is decided through a points system based on placings earned at the athletes\u2019 six best performances at Challenge Family races during the season, of which no more than one can be a long distance race.<\/p>\n
The final Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus rankings for 2022 are:<\/p>\n
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Men<\/strong><\/p>\n 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Long\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 875<\/p>\n 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Niek Heldoorn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 700<\/p>\n 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magnus Ditlev\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 600<\/p>\n 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reinaldo Colucci\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 500<\/p>\n Patrick Lange\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 500<\/p>\n Kieran Lindars\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 500<\/p>\n <\/p>\n