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U.S. elite triathlete Seth Wealing placed third and Becky Gibbs Lavelle was fourth at the Victoria ITU International Triathlon on Sunday in Canada.

Canada's Jill Savege and Simon Whitfield, the 2000 men's Olympic gold medalist, were the overall winners. Savege completed the Olympic distance, draft-legal event in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 54 seconds. Whitfield completed the men's race in 1:53:59.

New Zealand's Bevan Docherty was second among the men in 1:54:11 and Wealing (Remington, Ind.), the U.S. men's national champion, was third in 1:54:45.

The race served as Canada's elite national championships and Pan American Games qualifier.

U.S. elite Kevin Carter (Silver Spring, Md.) was eighth in the men's race (1:57:58) and Brian Lavelle (Cupertino, Calif.) was 20th.

The Canadian women swept the women's podium with Carol Montgomery finishing second (2:08:52) and Gillian Moody placing third (2:09:54).

Lavelle (Cupertino, Calif.) finished the women's race fourth in 2:10:07.

Kelly Rea (Marietta, Ga.) finished sixth (2:10:28) and Alexis Waddel (San Ramon, Calif.) was 13th (2:13:29).

For complete information and results, go to www.triathlon.org.

In other weekend races, U.S. elites Michael Lovato (Boulder, Colo.) and Heather Gollnick (Hartford, Wis.) won the men and women's titles Ironman Coeur d'Alene on Sunday in Idaho.

Lovato completed the 2.4-mile swim, 114-mile bike and 26.2-mile run in 8 hours, 40 minutes, 59 seconds. Gollnick, who was the ninth finisher overall, finished in 9:42:08.

For complete information and results, go to www.ironmanlive.com.

Finally, U.S. elites Joanna Zeiger (Baltimore, Md.) and James Bonney (Austin, Texas) won the Buffalo Springs Lake Half Ironman on Sunday in Lubbock, Texas.

Zeiger completed the 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run in 4:33:41. Bonney finished in 4:19:36.

More information and results