Budapest, Hungary
Ben made it safely to Budapest, and found his way to the start line for his first race of the World Championships. The original race format was Run-2.5km / Swim-1km / Run-2.5km, however cold water temps (14c) meant that wet-suits were mandatory and the first run was cancelled meaning a race of Swim-1km / Run-2.5km.

The race was on about 9pm Melb time, and Ben’s age-group (25-29) was combined with 3 other age-groups in the same wave. His SMS race report says “Took me 600m to get going in the swim…no surprise after the travel. Felt I ran strongly. I was up in top-15 (ed. in whole wave) after swim and was 10th by the end.”

It turns out he came 5th in his age-group (see results below). History (and my own experience!!) is that European races are the most competitive in the world, so this is a strong result and hopefully bodes well for the Sprint Distance Triathlon Ch’ships on Saturday.

Place	Firstname	Lastname	Country	Swim	Transition	Run	Total
1	Conor	Murphy	IRL	12:42	0:53	8:07	21:40
2	Mario	Rubio	MEX	12:47	1:12	8:16	22:14
3	Florian	Schafer	FRA	13:15	1:02	8:07	22:22
4	Adam	Frank	HUN	12:59	1:04	8:32	22:35
5	Benjamin	Wright	AUS	13:16	1:04	8:44	23:04
6	Peter	Czencz	HUN	13:57	1:03	8:13	23:11
7	Thomas	Winkelmann	GER	13:37	1:04	8:34	23:15
8	Kerry	Sullivan	USA	13:50	1:10	8:22	23:21
9	Tim	Downing	IRL	13:41	1:22	8:35	23:38
10	Nicholas	Muxlow	AUS	13:50	1:09	8:52	23:49