Australian Results at Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Triathlon

Australian triathlete Joe Gambles finished 4th overall at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida. Richie Cunningham was 5th and Chris Legh was 10th. Peter Schokman was 34th overall. Other Australian pros did not fare so well. Pip Taylor and uncharacteristic 2:01 half

Australian triathlete Joe Gambles finished 4th overall at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida, and recorded the fastest bike split of the day. Richie Cunningham was 5th and Chris Legh was 10th. Peter Schokman was 34th overall.

Other Australian pros did not fare so well. Pip Taylor had an uncharacteristic 2:01 half marathon and Tim Berkel withdrew after a flat tyre at 15km. Conditions were tougher than previous years with a choppy swim and strong winds on the bike leg.

Germany’s Michael Raelert took the men’s race from the Czech Republic’s two-time Olympian Filip Ospaly to become the first man to go back to back as the Ironman 70.3 World titlist.

Britain’s Jodie Swallow led the women’s race from the start and went on to claim victory by over 6 minutes from fellow Brit Leanda Cave, and in doing so added another long course world title to her 2009 ITU triumph.

Pos	ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
4	GAMBLES, Joe	28/MPRO	0:24:18	2:02:24	1:14:39	3:44:48
5	Cunningham, Richie	37/MPRO	0:23:54	2:04:17	1:13:58	3:45:33
10	Legh, Christopher	38/MPRO	0:25:37	2:05:45	1:13:33	3:48:33
34	Schokman, Peter	29/MPRO	0:25:23	2:14:45	1:19:00	4:02:43
113	Woods, Jonathon	35/M35-39	0:29:25	2:12:46	1:26:07	4:12:55
170	Pomery, Mark	42/M40-44	0:33:52	2:15:07	1:24:28	4:18:52
178	Firley, Albie	37/M35-39	0:31:29	2:15:44	1:28:47	4:20:23
233	Seeto, Nicholas	32/M30-34	0:31:53	2:15:35	1:32:28	4:25:14
399	Sissons, Nicholas	32/M30-34	0:34:28	2:22:42	1:34:28	4:36:20
420	Edsall, Mathew	33/M30-34	0:30:34	2:16:27	1:39:25	4:36:23
608	Taylor, Pip	30/WPRO	0:25:53	2:19:14	2:01:21	4:50:16
608	McGeary, Robyn	50/W50-54	0:35:17	2:37:16	1:43:08	5:02:01
0	Gillmer, Luke	28/M25-29	0:27:05	2:11:30	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Worroll, Paul	42/M40-44	0:32:00	2:25:01	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Watts, Jacqueline	30/W30-34	0:31:28	2:28:27	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Hames, Karen	31/W30-34	0:32:44	2:34:11	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	McGrath, Les	66/M65-69	0:35:42	2:20:26	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Sing, Carol	45/W45-49	0:41:10	2:48:10	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	GRIFFIN, Leon	30/MPRO	0:25:24	2:06:15	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Harper, Beau	27/M25-29	0:27:01	2:11:47	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Roberts, Daniel	27/M25-29	0:31:10	2:15:01	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Harris, Laura	21/W18-24	0:34:08	2:28:35	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Oliver, Richard	41/M40-44	0:40:00	2:33:59	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Edsall, Nichole	33/W30-34	0:31:00	2:45:51	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Hepenstall, Wayne	42/M40-44	0:40:59	2:34:05	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Legate, Paul	39/M35-39	0:45:40	2:39:39	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Gillmer, Megan	26/W25-29	0:34:53	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Lang, Andrew	47/M45-49	0:34:41	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Asimopoulos, Anastasios	42/M40-44	0:47:40	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Nielsen, Miriam	59/W55-59	0:45:22	3:02:15	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Power, Dianne	56/W55-59	0:47:36	3:07:18	0:00:00	0:00:00
0	Berkel, Tim	26/MPRO	0:25:29	2:43:45	0:00:00	0:00:00

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