Youth Olympic Triathlon: Clara Wong and Scott Ang team up with international triathletes in mixed relays

Kevin McDowell sprinting off for his swim after being tagged by fellow American Kelly Whitley, who was the third-fastest girl, at the relay point. The teams were set up in a girl-boy-girl-boy order. (Photo 8 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

McDowell from the USA getting off the bike and getting ready to transit into the run. (Photo 9 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

Oceania 1 and Europe 1, represented by Michael Gosman (AUS) and Miguel Fernandes (POR) respectively, give chase to Americas 1’s Kevin McDowell. (Photo 10 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Ukraine’s Andriy Sirenko, representing Europe 5, pushes out his bike. His team comprising Belgium’s Charlotte DelDaele, Portugal’s Raquel Rocha, and Spain’s Diego Paz, finished 10th. (Photo 11 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Asia 3’s Kirill Uvarov, who was the winner of the YOG Asian Qualifier, finished his leg very much off the pace in 21:02. However, he could do nothing much about it as he had nobody to draft on the swim and bike after having been tagged into the race by Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Tuvshinjargal in last position, two minutes off the pace of the next slowest team. (Photo 12 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Abrahm Louw of Namibia, representing World Team 1, sets off on his run. Louw is the winner of the YOG African Qualifier and had placed fifth in the boys’ individual race. His team finished ninth. (Photo 13 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Adriana Barraza (Mexico) posted a time of 21:44 on the third leg for the Americas 1 team. (Photo 14 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

Barraza returns from her cycle and gets ready to transit into the run. (Photo 15 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

New Zealand’s Maddie Dillon and Israel’s Fanny Beisaron, of the Oceania 1 and Europe 1 teams respectively, give chase to Barraza. (Photo 16 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Leslie Amat of Cuba, representing Americas 3, sets off on her run. Her team, comprising Ecuador’s Jessica Piedra, Venezuela’s Carlos Perez and Brazil’s Iuri Vinuto, finished 11th. (Photo 17 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Lautaro Diaz of Argentina was first out of the water on the anchor leg. He was also still first when he entered the second transition but incurred a 15-second penalty for unfastening his helmet before placing his bike on the rack. That error allowed Europe 1 and Oceania 1 to overtake him. (Photo 18 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

Oceania 1’s Aaron Barclay and Europe 1’s Alois Knabl in pursuit of Diaz as they exit from the water into the first transition. (Photo 19 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Zimbabwe’s Boyd Littleford anchors World Team 2, which Clara is on, to 12th position. Here, he emerges from the swim. (Photo 20 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Scott Ang was literally in his own race. He finished the race for Asia 3 over six minutes after the next fastest team had stopped the clock at 1:27:52.84. (Photo 21 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Diaz, just before he enters the second transition, and where he made his mistake. (Photo 22 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Youth Olympic boys’ triathlon champion Aaron Barclay (NZL) falls behind Knabl as they enter the transition in the run. Barclay would try to catch Knabl over the run but falls short by 3.81s. (Photo 23 © Colin Tung/Red Sports)

Alois Knabl from Austria raises his hands in triumph. He anchored his Europe 1 team to gold in 1 hour 19 minutes 51.42 seconds. (Photo 24 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

The victorious European team (from left to right: Israel’s Fanny Beisaron, Portugal’s Miguel Fernandes, Hungary’s Eszter Dudas and Austria’s Alois Knabl). (Photo 25 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

New friendship forged through competiton. Clara Wong poses for a photo with Yuka Sato from Japan. (Photo 26 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)

With the competition over, it is time to relax. Yuka Sato of Japan is seen here spraying her fellow athletes with a water gun. She is up for more fun tomorrow at Pulau Ubin. (Photo 27 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)