Australians 1-2-3-5-6-8 at Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens Triathlon in Washington

Australians again showed that they are amongst the best long distance triathletes in the world with 6 men in the top ten at Washington in the weekend. Joe Gambles had a 2nd recently at the Wildflower half ironman and a 1st at the Coles Bay triathlon. Paul Ambrose has had a great season in

Australians again showed that they are amongst the best long distance triathletes in the world with 6 men in the top ten at Washington in the weekend.

Joe Gambles had a 2nd recently at the Wildflower half ironman and a 1st at the Coles Bay triathlon. Paul Ambrose has had a great season in the USA so far and seems to have plenty left in the tank. Check out the race report from Joe Gambles and Paul Ambrose

Brian Fleischmann of Colorado Springs, led the swim (25:14), ut lost ground to Luke Bell, who took the lead thanks to a 2:13:43 bike split, which seemed to put him in good shape to take his second title here (he last won in 2008). Boulder’s Joe Gambles, after a less than stellar swim, stayed close and came off the bike in second position, posting a bike split just three seconds slower than Bell’s mark. Onto the run, Gambles ran an unmatched 1:14:57 half marathon to overtake Bell (who ran 1:18:18 to finish third) to take the win and defend his title in 3:57:47, 80 seconds ahead of Australia’s Paul Ambrose, who wrestled second from Bell.

	ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
1	*Gambles, Joe*	*28/M PRO*	*0:27:15*	*2:13:46*	*1:14:57*	*3:57:47*
2	*Ambrose, Paul*	*26/M PRO*	*0:26:00*	*2:15:00*	*1:16:20*	*3:59:07*
3	*Bell, Luke*	*31/M PRO*	*0:25:53*	*2:13:43*	*1:18:18*	*3:59:53*
4	Cotter, James	28/M PRO	0:25:55	2:15:05	1:17:54	4:00:55
5	*McKenzie, Luke*	*29/M PRO*	*0:25:55*	*2:15:04*	*1:18:36*	*4:01:32*
6	*Francis, Jemani*	*26/M PRO*	*0:25:51*	*2:15:14*	*1:20:21*	*4:03:11*
7	Nelson, Kirk	30/M PRO	0:28:40	2:16:29	1:16:13	4:03:20
8	*Crawford, Guy*	*31/M PRO*	*0:25:54*	*2:15:13*	*1:22:55*	*4:05:46*
9	Lieto, Matt	32/M PRO	0:25:57	2:16:05	1:21:41	4:06:11
10	Bagg, Christopher	31/M PRO	0:28:49	2:16:25	1:19:46	4:06:59
11	Palmer, Devon	23/M PRO	0:26:01	2:14:53	1:26:17	4:09:22
12	Barnett, Damon	23/M PRO	0:28:41	2:16:28	1:23:12	4:10:18
13	Thompson, Nicholas	28/M PRO	0:28:44	2:23:40	1:17:15	4:11:44
14	Fleischmann, Brian	32/M PRO	0:25:14	2:15:43	1:31:56	4:14:59
15	Hadway, Josh	23/M 20-24	0:29:29	2:25:50	1:17:55	4:15:42
16	*Shortis, Jason*	*40/M PRO*	*0:28:46*	*2:26:18*	*1:18:49*	*4:16:29*
17	Waninger, Nick	26/M PRO	0:28:37	2:29:52	1:18:27	4:18:41
18	Sheeks, Matthew	27/M PRO	0:34:50	2:25:29	1:17:18	4:20:09
19	Finanger, Lars	30/M PRO	0:27:32	2:23:26	1:28:29	4:21:40
20	Shryock, Matt	99/M PRO	0:31:38	2:27:21	1:22:10	4:23:59
21	Santos, Luis Diogo	35/M 35-39	0:28:56	2:28:09	1:26:11	4:25:55
22	Gordon, Michael	32/M PRO	0:32:34	2:28:00	1:22:46	4:26:00
23	Pellegrino, Joseph	31/M 30-34	0:32:08	2:33:04	1:17:13	4:26:39
24	Duff, James	34/M 30-34	0:27:04	2:25:51	1:31:14	4:26:44
25	McQuaid, Melanie	37/F PRO	0:29:19	2:29:51	1:25:59	4:27:16
26	Stewart, Tyler	32/F PRO	0:31:40	2:28:45	1:24:35	4:27:36
27	Lopez, Thomas	25/M 25-29	0:27:27	2:28:30	1:29:58	4:28:28
28	Warriner, Samantha	39/F PRO	0:29:20	2:31:58	1:25:39	4:29:09
29	Shiflett, Bryan	38/M 35-39	0:29:32	2:32:10	1:25:06	4:30:10
30	McGlone, Sam	31/F PRO	0:29:24	2:35:53	1:25:19	4:32:41
31	Dougherty, Patrick	31/M 30-34	0:27:07	2:34:10	1:28:32	4:33:12
32	Stevens, Amanda	33/F PRO	0:25:56	2:35:56	1:29:17	4:33:13
33	Meng, Graham	24/M 20-24	0:27:26	2:29:17	1:33:59	4:33:22
34	Bartholomy, Jake	37/M 35-39	0:32:10	2:35:12	1:23:29	4:33:36
35	Ramirez, Juan Carlos	36/M PRO	0:36:38	2:33:49	1:20:44	4:33:50
36	Scheidies, Aaron	28/M PARA	0:27:47	2:29:07	1:34:45	4:34:32

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