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CWG 2002

Chris Spence

James Amy

A puncture on the second lap of the bike section probably cost Amy his target of a top 20 finish but he was still delighted with his performance and overall time of 2 hr 02 min 26.96 sec.

The 32-year-old was thrown a Jersey flag from a very vocal group of Caesarean supporters lining the last few metres before gratefully accepting the praise of the Manchester public with a series of ‘high fives’.

‘It’s an unbelievable atmosphere,’ gushed Amy seconds after crossing the line. ‘I’ve never raced in anything like this before. My parents are here and there are also a few supporters from Jersey. I’m just really, really pleased.’
Amy produced an excellent time in the swim section, exactly 20 min for the two-lap 1,500m discipline, to set himself up for a good time in the bike section.

He latched on to the back of a group of four riders and they slowly made ground on two Scottish competitors ahead of them.

Disaster struck though, when Amy suffered a puncture on the second lap of the 41.52 km cycle course and was forced to ride on the rim of his wheel until he reached the transition zone to pick up a replacement.
‘Luckily Richard Haines from Wales got a puncture at the same time so we both came in and rode the last lap together,’ said Amy, who won silver at last summer’s Island Games. ‘I think I could have finished two or three places higher had it not happened.’

The bike section took the racers through the streets of Manchester to the Town Hall in Albert Square on a 10.38 km loop.

Amy completed the cycle in 1 hr 04 min 30 sec and was lying in 20th place out of a field of 35 competitors going in to the 10 km run.

The run took the competitors over the Millennium Bridge and around the impressive urban regeneration of Salford Quays.

Amy slipped a place in the transition zone but cheered on by the biggest crowd of the Games an attendance which beat anything Manchester United could muster at nearby Old Trafford he set off on the run with Haines and Northern Ireland’s Gavin Noble in his sights.

The race was won by Canada’s Simon Whitfield 1 hr 51 min 57.54 sec to make it a double for his nation after Carol Montgomery had take the inaugural women’s title.