Courtesy: USAT

Siri Lindley won her fifth International Triathlon Union (ITU) race in a row on Saturday at the World Cup race in Lausanne, Switzerland, and secured her spot as the No. 1 ranked woman in the world.

Lindley (Boulder, Colo.) raced with a lead pack of nine on the bike, and then took the lead early in the run to win in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds. Jill Savege of Canada was second in 2:02:57 and Kathleen Smet of Belgium was third in 2:03:08.

American Alison Hayden (Tampa, Fla.) finished 35th.

Lindley won her first World Cup race ever in Lausanne in 2000, and then won there again in 2001. Lindley also trains in Switzerland during the race season.

Lindley's winning streak has consisted of victories at the World Cup races in Edmonton, Corner Brook and Tiszaujvaros, Hungary and the ITU points race in Geneva, Switzerland.

At the men's race in Lausanne, the Czech Republic's Filip Ospaly out-sprinted Australia's Greg Bennett to win in 1:52:06. Bennett finished in 1:52:12 and Great Britain's Andrew Johns was third in 1:52:40.

For more details and complete results, go to www.triathlon.org.

ITU World Cup
Aug. 31, 2002; Lausanne, Switzerland
1.5k swim; 40k bike; 10k run

Women
1. Siri Lindley (Boulder, Colo.) 2:02:42; 2. Jill Savege (Canada) 2:02:57; 3. Kathleen Smet (Belgium) 2:03:08; 4. Leanda Cave (Great Britain) 2:04:08; 5. Andrea Whitcombe (Great Britain) 2:04:31; 6. Liz Blatchford (Australia) 2:04:46; 7. Michelle Dillon (Great Britain) 2:05:11; 8. Nina Anisimova (Russia) 2:05:17; 9. Renata Berkova (Czech Republic) 2:05:31; 10. Julie Dibens (Great Britain) 2:05:35.

Men
1. Filip Ospaly (Czech Republic) 1:52:06; 2. Greg Bennett (Australia) 1:52:12; 3. Andrew Johns (Great Britain) 1:52:40; 4. Daniel Unger (Germany) 1:52:46; 5. Eneko Llanos (Spain) 1:53:01; 6. Rasmus Henning (Denmark) 1:53:03; 7. Stephane Poulat (France) 1:53:09; 8. Shane Reed (New Zealand) 1:53:14; 9. Tim Don (Great Britain) 1:53:18; 10 Emilio D'Aquino (Italy) 1:53:20.