New Zealand’s Candice Hammond wins her first Ironman 70.3 at Cairns

In cold and wet conditions New Zealand’s Candice Hammond capped off a stellar season to date with her first IRONMAN 70.3 win in the women’s race. Hammond is enjoying her best year as a fledgling professional, adding the win here to her third place at March’s Kellogg’s Nutri Grain IRONMAN New Zealand

In cold and wet conditions New Zealand’s Candice Hammond capped off a stellar season to date with her first IRONMAN 70.3 win in the women’s race.

Hammond is enjoying her best year as a fledgling professional, adding the win here to her third place at March’s Kellogg’s Nutri Grain IRONMAN New Zealand.

“It was definitely unexpected to get this win today,” she said after taking advantage with IRONMAN Asia Pacific champion Caroline Steffen puncture while leading with a comfortable margin.

“I am really happy to get this result. Cairns is a great place. The temperature wasn’t too bad, despite the rain, it was actually quite good race conditions,” Hammond said.

Steffen built a commanding lead late in the bike leg only to succumb to a puncture and pull out of the race.

From there it was Kiwi Hammond who took the win by over four minutes from Japan’s Kiyomi Niwata with another New Zealander Anna Russell in third.

Name	Swim	Bike	Run	Finish	Cat	Overall
HAMMOND, Candice	00:30:29	02:27:28	01:22:17	04:24:03	1	22
NIWATA, Kiyomi	00:26:32	02:37:29	01:20:44	04:28:48	2	30
RUSSELL, Anna	00:28:42	02:30:33	01:27:54	04:31:52	3	35
MARANGON, Lisa	00:26:39	02:30:18	01:31:15	04:32:37	4	37
FLANAGAN, Kira	00:27:31	02:36:25	01:25:28	04:34:05	1	41
STEWART, Tineke	00:30:39	02:32:51	01:27:37	04:35:00	5	47
JAENKE, Kym	00:27:07	02:32:33	01:31:39	04:36:00	6	50
BAKER, Renee	00:27:10	02:32:57	01:32:35	04:37:15	7	55
HENRICKS, Jacqueline	00:28:04	02:36:03	01:28:35	04:37:17	2	56
CASTLE, Ange	00:30:32	02:32:03	01:31:40	04:38:37	8	65
GRANGER, Belinda	00:27:08	02:32:51	01:34:25	04:39:05	9	68
MOSLEY, Polly	00:27:08	02:42:33	01:25:52	04:40:20	10	73
CROWLEY, Sarah	00:27:08	02:39:56	01:30:18	04:41:12	11	74
DUKE, Dimity-Lee	00:31:14	02:34:25	01:30:31	04:41:23	12	75
MITCHELL, Jessica	00:32:53	02:30:09	01:31:26	04:41:27	3	77
DUFFIELD, Michelle	00:30:23	02:41:11	01:26:18	04:41:57	13	79
BROWN, Laura	00:31:11	02:40:51	01:23:18	04:41:58	1	80
DOUGLAS, Tracy	00:32:45	02:37:32	01:29:02	04:43:48	14	87
WILSON, Amanda	00:30:38	02:38:10	01:29:51	04:43:57	2	90
RANSON, Holly	00:30:23	02:34:44	01:35:57	04:45:18	15	94

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