Sam Long and Carrie Lester Claim Victories At Ironman Coeur D’alene

Sam Long and Carrie Lester took the top honors with finishing times of 8:07:40 and 8:54:51 respectively at Ironman Coeur D’alene.

The Pacific Northwestern gem of Coeur d’Alene welcomed athletes from around the world to the region on Sunday, June 27 as they swam 2.4-miles, biked 112-miles and ran 26.2 miles through Northern Idaho for the 2021 IRONMAN Coeur d’Alene triathlon. With some of the world’s best on hand, Sam Long (Boulder, Colo.) and Carrie Lester (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif./Representing Australia) took the top honors with finishing times of 8:07:40 and 8:54:51 respectively.

Rounding out the men’s professional podium was Justin Metzler (Boulder, Colo.), who came in second with a finish time of 8:13:03 and Pedro Gomes (Scottdale, Ariz./Representing Portugal) who posted a 8:17:06 finishing time that was good for third place. On the female side, Fenella Langridge (Great Britain) took second in 8:59:50 in her first full-distance IRONMAN performance, while Linsey Corbin (Bend, Ore.) finished in third with a time of 9:13:21.

	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Sam Long	USA	00:54:14	04:18:55	02:51:13	08:07:40
2. Justin Metzler	USA	00:52:04	04:29:02	02:47:59	08:13:03
3. Pedro Gomes	PRT	00:52:08	04:30:49	02:49:59	08:17:06
4. Jason Pohl	CAN	00:54:17	04:34:51	02:47:46	08:20:57
5. Matt Russell	USA	00:59:12	04:26:43	02:54:46	08:24:54

	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Carrie Lester	AUS	00:52:22	04:48:47	03:06:32	08:54:51
2. Fenella Langridge	GBR	00:52:41	04:58:59	03:13:48	08:59:50
3. Linsey Corbin	USA	01:02:17	05:04:51	03:02:07	09:13:21
4. Haley Chura	USA	00:49:41	05:22:44	03:05:47	09:24:02
5. Kelly Fillnow	USA	01:02:42	05:10:01	03:20:36	09:37:14

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