Xing Lin disqualified halfway in women's triathlon (with rankings)

Chinese triathlete Xing Lin was disqualified from the competition halfway of the Athens Olympic women's triathlon in Athens on August 25.

The other Chinese Wang Hongni stayed in the field at the 39th place after two events, finishing the 1,500 meters swim in 20 minutes and 39 seconds, the 40 kilometers cycling in 20 minutes and 57 seconds, and 18 seconds in transition.

The 25-year-old Xing Lin, who finished 29th after the swim leg, was caught up in her fourth lap of the bike race by the leader, Susan Williams of the United States, and was pulled out in accordance to the competition rules.

Also four other triathletes withdrew from the race, as Maxine Seear of Australia, Carla Moreno and Sandra Soldan of Brazil, and Lucie Zelenkova of the Czech Republic did not finish the cycling leg.

ITU current world rankings for women's triathlon

Following are the women's world rankings before the women's triathlon race in the Athens Olympic Games slated on Wednesday (tabulated under rank, name, country and point):

1. Barbara Lindquist, United States, 7689

2. Sheila Taormina, United States, 7003

3. Laura Reback, United States, 6848

4. Jill Savege, Canada, 6065

5. Anja Dittmer, Germany, 5807

6. Loretta Harrop, Australia, 5714

7. Liz Blatchford, Britain, 5628

8. Kathleen Smet, Belgium, 5322

9. Joelle Franzmann, Germany, 5253

10. Machiko Nakanishi, Japan, 5083

11. Carol Montgomery, Canada, 5076

12. Michellie Jones, Australia, 5049

13. Carla Moreno, Brazil, 4663

14. Andrea Whitcombe, Britain, 4635

15. Lenka Radova, Czech Republic, 4499

16. Michelle Dillon, Britain, 4478

17. Leanda Cave, Britain, 4457

18. Mariana Ohata, Brazil, 4361

19. Sandra Sodan, Brazil, 4319

20. Natasha Filliol, Canada, 4318

Selected:

74. Wang Hongni, China, 1990

82. Xing Lin, China, 1850