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D.C.-based program preparesyouth to become triathletes
 
By Cory Francer, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Mayor Adrian Fenty is doing his part to help bring the sport oftriathlon to the city's youth.
Cool out: Chris Hohn helpschildren swim in the Achieve KidsTriathlon camp in Washington.
Fenty, 38, completed an age-group triathlon Sunday in 2hours, 17 minutes, 54seconds, finishing 16th in theelite male category.Age-group triathlons wereheld in conjunction with theITU World Championship Series, which drew 130 elite male and female triathletescompeting at the Olympic distance — 1.5-kilometer swim, 40K bike and 10K run.Britain's Alistair Brownlee won the ITU men's elite triathlon in 1:48.58. Americans AndyPotts and Hunter Kemper were fourth and fifth, respectively. In the women's race, 2008Olympic bronze medalist Emma Moffatt of Australia won in 1:59.55. She beat EmmaSnowsill, the 2008 Olympic champion, by 25 seconds.Fenty kicked off the race weekend Friday with an official mayoral proclamation for thecity's Olympic Day. Fenty, Kemper and other Olympic triathletes cheered on determinedelementary school students at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center as they trained for theirfirst triathlon at the end of July.The students are part of Achieve Kids Triathlon, a summer camp that teaches them torun, bike and swim. Achieve Kids Tri is a Washington-based non-profit that also has aprogram in Houston and has plans to expand to other cities.
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