{"id":27606,"date":"2025-05-18T14:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/challengefamily.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27606"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:50:53","slug":"hogenhaug-and-de-vet-victorious-at-the-championship-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/hogenhaug-and-de-vet-victorious-at-the-championship-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00f8genhaug and de Vet Victorious at The Championship 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was Kristian H\u00f8genhaug (DEN) and Hanne de Vet (BEL) who took a shortened swim and cold conditions in their stride and claimed victory at The Championship 2025 in a race that delivered plenty of drama, excitement and emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The professional men\u2019s swim started with two distinct groups navigating the canal \u2014 one led down the centre by Hannes Butters (GER), the other tracking the left-hand side with Richard Varga (SVK) at the front. As the swim progressed, the groups merged, but Butters maintained his advantage, holding a clear five-metre lead. He was first out of the water in 7:53 with a 15-second gap over Varga, who led the chase group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Butters took an early lead on the bike, staying ahead of Kieran Lindars (GBR) and a large chase group led by Harry Palmer (GBR). H\u00f8genhaug pushed to the front of the group, bringing Frederic Funk (GER) with him. They caught Butters and, along with Bogdan Kovalenko (KAZ), formed a lead group of four, keeping the required 20m distance under Challenge Family rules. Before the Danube bridge, H\u00f8genhaug pulled ahead, gradually opening a gap. Funk followed, with Kovalenko not far behind. Despite a headwind, H\u00f8genhaug held a steady pace and extended his lead to around 800m, arriving into T2 with a 2:32 lead over Funk. The men\u2019s run delivered some of the most exciting racing of the season, while H\u00f8genhaug\u2019s lead was never under threat, the race for the final two podium positions couldn\u2019t have been tighter with a chase group of Lindars, Henry R\u00e4ppo (EST), Will Draper (GBR) and Kurt McDonald (AUS) chasing him down. In the end just one second separated second place R\u00e4ppo and third place Lindars while Draper was only three seconds further back in fourth. Final finish times were 3:23:53 for H\u00f8genhaug, 3:25:52 for R\u00e4ppo and 3:25:53 for Lindars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you ever see a win coming but I felt incredible in the lead up to this race so I knew if I had the same legs that I had in the training I could do really well,\u201d said H\u00f8genhaug. \u201cI knew from last year I couldn\u2019t just do a short effort on the bike, it had to be long to tire the other guys. When I settled in a pace it was still pretty good watts. Normally I\u2019m a little careful on the first lap of the run but this time I decided to go really hard to try and extend the lead and then I could more or less enjoy it on the last lap. Thanks for an amazing event, you always feel so welcome here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kristian H\u00f8genhaug Wins The Championship\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YkUoUbc0uaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the women\u2019s race, Sara Perez Sala (ESP) set the early pace and maintained her lead throughout the swim, exiting the water first in 8:57. Behind her, Daisy Davies (GBR) and Elisabetta Curridori (ITA) followed closely, while a chase group led by de Vet and Chloe Sparrow (GBR) worked to close the gap. With the front three already establishing a margin heading into transition, the race was shaping up for a battle on the bike. A fall in transition put Perez Sala out of the mix, and Davies took the lead, a position she maintained for the first half of the bike with de Vet in second. At just after halfway, they were caught by Anastacia Nielsen (DEN) and Sparrow who took turns in the lead before Davies once again put the hammer down, followed by de Vet and they entered T2 with a two-minute buffer. Out on the run, Davies controlled the first half but by the halfway point de Vet took the lead and was on the way to take the greatest win of her career, crossing the line in 3:48:56. Davies took second in 3:50:09 while Nielsen took third in 3:53:46. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt good but put to put all three disciplines together is always hard, but today was apparently the day!\u201d said de Vet. \u201cI felt Davies and I were quite fast and I knew that I had to get into my rhythm and not stress too much early on. I was catching her second by second and I felt like I was doing a good job but I didn\u2019t want to get too excited too early and the last 10km she kept on the pressure so it definitely was not easy! It\u2019s really cool to win an event like this, it\u2019s been on my bucket list for a long time so to put everything together at an event like this is unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hanne de Vet Takes Victory at The Championship 2025\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tG_4CHO0Qlw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most emotional moments of the day was marked by Richard Varga\u2019s final finish as a professional athlete with the crowds cheering him home as he crossed the finish line with his two young daughters marking the end of a remarkable triathlon career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For full results got to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.live\">www.challenge-family.live<\/a> or visit the Challenge Family App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thechampionship.de\">www.thechampionship.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Kristian H\u00f8genhaug (DEN) and Hanne de Vet (BEL) who took a shortened swim and cold conditions in their stride and claimed victory at The Championship 2025 in a race that delivered plenty of drama, excitement and emotion. 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