- Mensink Makes Olympic Team!
A very special congratulations to Lisa Mensink who qualified today for the Beijing Olympic Games with her 9th place finish at the Hamburg World Cup. This was the last opportunity for Lisa to satisfy the Dutch Olympic Committee’s qualifying standard of 2 top 10 standards after having already achieved a 9th place finish at the Tongyeong World Cup in Korea. She had narrowly missed the standard earlier this season a number of times; in New Zealand and Japan with 11th and 12th place respective finishes, and in 2 other World Cups where she was well placed but unable to finish due to illness. Lisa also overcame a stress fracture which affected her ability to race for much of the qualifying period in 2007.
Lisa’s coach, Paul Regensburg, commented:
“We are extremely proud of Lisa, it has been so rewarding to see her evolve into a world-class athlete. Her commitment to going to the Olympics has been unrivalled. She quit her job, incurred great expense, battled injury, relocated to train all over the world, traveled relentlessly from country to country for races, embraced and trusted the training, nailed the details like a true professional, and most of all worked hard and persevered.” -
Mensink has shown extreme improvement over the last 2 years and has moved her world ranking into the top 25 and lead the Netherlands in gaining 2 spots with the International Triathlon Union for their country with in the Olympic Triathlon. Lisa’s final confirmation is still subject to final approval by the Dutch Olympic Committee. Congratulations Lisa!
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