The silver spell is broken! Gold today in Yokohama
August 22nd, 2009 by Lisa
So amazingly wonderful!!!
I’ve been longing to grab that banner for a while now.
After having been 0.03 seconds off in Madrid and another 2 seconds in London it was my time to be the number one! It’s not very often that things work out perfectly. Sometimes you get the chance but the margins are so small it’s hard to get them on your side. Today I had a great race and managed to hold on all the way even though I was hurting so much during the last 100 meters. I just didn’t want to settle with “close”…
I tried to surge a few times in lap three and got rid of all but Japans Juri Ide and New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt. No offence Andrea, but it would have been painful to loose another sprint finish this year. I decided to put the hammer down just before the first of two corners leading to the extremely long finishing shute. I opened up a gap and gave it all I had. And I was hurting so much all the way to the line!
It’s a great feeling to be on the top of the podium.
To see your flag rise above the others with the national anthem; priceless!
I’m treasuring every minute of it because I know these times are rare and wont happen too often in a lifetime.
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 am
Hej!
Jag sag dig pa tv hAr hemma i Nya Zeeland. Vi har nagot som heter TRI tv pa TVONE och de spelade din final i London, tror din vinst i Yokohama kommer nasta sondag.
Det var roligt se de bla gula fargerna och blev stolt nar jag sag en svensk prestera sa bra som du gor! Hoppas du far en “handsome” mangd av pengar av de snala svenskarna dar hemma!
Har i New Zealand ar TRI athlon stort (ja du vet sakert), har nastan kort over ett par cykliseter en gang, haha!
Tri Athlon ar en fantastic sport, den ar Versatile!
Good luck in the future!
Regards
Robin Andersson
August 24th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Yeeeeehhhhhaaaaaa!!!
Hei Lisa absolutly amazing!
Gratulations from Davos!
Martin and the Team from the “eau-la-la”
August 26th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Congratulations! An awesome and well-deserved victory!
August 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Thanks Martin!!! I’m so happy that I had that last bit of energy inside… I’ve been 2nd so many times now it felt like time to get that gold medal
Me and daniela are down in australia now. Instead of Davos we are swimming in a 50m outdoor pool, it’s 27degrees and sunny..nice! But the lifeguards aren’t as nice as in davos 
October 26th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Lisa
So proud of you and excited for you. You are an inspiration to me. Such a georgeous smile! I just finished my first sprint triathlon at age 52 and came in second in my age group. Thanks for being an inspiration.