Australia’s Craig Alexander and Switerland’s Caroline Steffen turned in strong performances in Geelong to take their first wins of the new year. Alexander’s win was thanks to a blazing run time of 1:11:57, while Steffen dominated the women’s field on the second leg of the race with a bike time of 2:20:38.
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Great Britain’s Fraser Cartmell and South Africa’s hometown girl Mari Rabie claimed the first Ironman 70.3 titles of the year with wins at Ironman 70.3 South Africa.
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USA Triathlon is pleased to announce the 2009 Elite Athletes of the Year, an honor awarded annually by the USAT Athlete Advisory Council.
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Former Kona podium finishers Belgian Rutger Beke and the Netherlands’ Yvonne Van Vlerken added to their respective trophy cases with Ironman victories—Beke his second and Van Vlerken her first—as each won the inaugural Ironman Cozumel Sunday.
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On a windy but otherwise perfect day in Tempe, Ariz., Canada’s Sam McGlone and American Jordan Rapp took home the top honors at Ironman Arizona, each setting a new course record in the process. McGlone stopped the clock in 9:09:19, besting American Linsey Corbin by just over four minutes. Rapp finished in 8:13:35, topping countryman TJ Tollakson by almost seven minutes.
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For 2,800 age-group athletes and a handful of elites, the 2009 triathlon season has yet to come to a close. Marking an end to the season will be Ironman Arizona, taking place this Sunday in Tempe.
Conditions for race day should be near perfect, with afternoon highs around 70 degrees and almost no wind on the forecast. Such mild air should make for some fast times among the professional ranks, especially in the women’s race, which will feature some serious long-course talent.
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The event is over and we have a new champion in Ferenc Szonyi from Hungary.
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Hungary’s Ferenc Szonyi used day seven to take over the lead from France’s Pascal Jolly. After day eight, Szonyi’s lead has grown.
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Written by: Brad Culp
Before today’s Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3, no woman had ever broken the four-hour mark at the half-Ironman distance and no man had finished in under 3:40. Both those records were shattered today, thanks to Brit Julie Dibens and Germany’s Michael Raelert.
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Matt Chrabot stepped onto the top step of an ITU Triathlon World Cup podium for the first time in Mexico with an impressive victory in the Pacific coastal town of Huatulco.
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Desiree Ficker, runner-up in the 2006 Ironman World Championship, finished tenth in the New York City Marathon today. Ficker ran a PR of 2:39:30. For more on the race, click here.
Desiree Ficker runs to tenth at the 2009 ING NYC Marathon. Photo: PhotoRun
Competitors had their fair share of a hot, humid, hilly day in Montego Bay at the second-annual Wata Rose Hall Triathlon, an event that also served as the Jamaican National Championships.
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