Young Australian Triathlete, Ollie Whistler, finishes 22 overall at Powerbar Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Switzerland

Michael Raelert and Caroline Steffen continue their winning streaks at PowerBar Ironman 70.3 Switzerland, with Raelert defeating Ronnie Schildknecht and Steffen overcoming Nicole Hofer.

Michael Raelert (GER) and Caroline Steffen continue their winning streak at the PowerBar Ironman 70.3 Switzerland, while defending champion Ronnie Schildknecht follows in second. Steffen holds off challenge from Nicole Hofer in women’s race.

German Michael Raelert won the the PowerBar Ironman 70.3 Switzerland over Swiss athletes Ronnie Schildknecht and Olivier Marceau. Leading after the swim, Raelert pushed through the rolling bike course to stretch his winning margin. Two minutes ahead of Schildnecht and Marceau starting the run, Raelert continuously picked up the pace. Although the Swiss athletes battled hard, they couldn’t catch the German, who won in 3:47.47. Second across the line was Schildknecht (3:54.29) and third was the former Olympic distance world champion Marceau (3:55.16).

In the women’s field Caroline Steffen and Nicole Hofer battled through the bike course. Steffen was first out of the water and pushed on the bike right from the start. However, since Hofer is in excellent shape, Steffen wasn’t able to break away. Leaving T2 Steffen led only by 12 seconds, but out on the run course she picked up the pace and won the race in 4:19.29. Second was Hofer (4:25.25) and third went to Karin ThÃ¼rig (4:29:09).

The weather was sunny and warm, ideal conditions for the race. 45,000 spectators cheered the athletes along the race course, which was a great highlight for the organizers and spectators alike.

	ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
1	Kiesel, Alwin	67/M65	0:00:00	0:00:00	3:04:24	3:04:24
2	Raelert, Michael	30/MPRO	0:24:17	2:08:12	1:12:57	3:47:47
3	Schildknecht, Ronnie	31/MPRO	0:25:52	2:08:47	1:17:18	3:54:29
4	Marceau, Olivier	37/MPRO	0:24:37	2:10:10	1:18:06	3:55:16
5	Guillaume, Romain	25/MPRO	0:24:38	2:10:46	1:21:01	3:59:06
6	Cigana, Masimo	36/MPRO	0:26:05	2:13:36	1:19:28	4:01:52
7	Seebroek, Axel	32/MPRO	0:24:27	2:14:52	1:21:00	4:03:06
8	Johnsen, Jimmy	32/MPRO	0:25:58	2:15:45	1:19:02	4:03:19
9	Widmer, Marc	26/MPRO	0:24:27	2:15:15	1:23:19	4:05:51
10	Sundberg, Swen	36/MPRO	0:26:02	2:18:45	1:19:16	4:06:45
11	Hecht, Mathias	30/MPRO	0:24:36	2:14:58	1:25:08	4:07:44
12	Aigroz, Mike	32/MPRO	0:24:35	2:22:05	1:19:37	4:08:51
13	Walliman, Patrick	37/MPRO	0:26:54	2:19:26	1:22:45	4:12:09
14	Fernandez, Nicolas	27/MPRO	0:25:53	2:15:59	1:28:10	4:12:45
15	Simoncini, Leonardo	29/MPRO	0:26:02	2:23:23	1:22:45	4:15:25
16	Brown, Cameron	38/MPRO	0:25:42	2:21:55	1:25:07	4:15:35
17	Schifferle, Mike	37/MPRO	0:29:15	2:19:48	1:24:16	4:16:55
18	Sturdy, Tom	23/MPRO	0:25:41	2:19:31	1:28:51	4:17:23
19	WittensÃ¶ldner, Christian	35/M35	0:29:07	2:19:40	1:26:07	4:17:51
20	Maniora, Regis	31/M30	0:27:24	2:18:29	1:29:08	4:17:56
21	Hunkeler, Patrick	32/M30	0:30:09	2:24:43	1:22:11	4:20:50
22	Whistler, Ollie	23/MPRO	0:26:03	2:15:49	1:36:25	4:21:02
23	Bourguet, Benoit	32/M30	0:26:39	2:24:05	1:27:32	4:21:27
24	Csoke, Balazs	27/MPRO	0:24:34	2:28:53	1:26:00	4:22:15
25	Ozkan, Atilla	39/M35	0:27:28	2:22:53	1:28:17	4:22:25
26	Wyss, Manuel	35/MPRO	0:25:57	2:23:41	1:30:11	4:22:32
27	Bieler, Ueli	30/MPRO	0:32:45	2:22:03	1:24:05	4:22:43
28	MÃ¼ller, Urs	27/M25	0:28:18	2:23:52	1:27:47	4:23:28
29	van Houtem, Timothy	25/M25	0:33:10	2:24:06	1:23:23	4:24:33
30	Gehb, David	27/M25	0:30:50	2:21:49	1:29:04	4:25:26
31	Saur, Felix	25/M25	0:29:19	2:23:03	1:30:18	4:26:12
32	Stutz, Reto	33/M30	0:31:52	2:19:03	1:30:29	4:26:17
33	Stoffel, Richard	42/M40	0:32:24	2:21:47	1:27:47	4:26:29
34	van Beijnum, Kamil	29/M25	0:29:16	2:22:42	1:32:10	4:27:05
35	Ghulam, Kalim	25/M25	0:29:31	2:28:45	1:26:19	4:27:12
36	Geiser, Christof	28/M25	0:35:10	2:16:23	1:31:02	4:27:33
37	BrÃ¤ndli, Reto	36/M35	0:31:12	2:22:53	1:30:27	4:27:44
38	Krombach, Christian	38/M35	0:29:14	2:32:25	1:22:41	4:27:46
39	Uhlrich, Christian	38/M35	0:31:20	2:27:19	1:26:09	4:28:23
40	Weilenmann, Felix	37/M35	0:31:08	2:22:18	1:31:42	4:28:56
41	Lenz, Hendrik	32/M30	0:30:31	2:27:29	1:28:35	4:30:13
42	HungerbÃ¼hler, Sven	33/M30	0:28:02	2:22:48	1:35:55	4:30:18
43	Nastic, Igor	32/M30	0:26:28	2:29:13	1:31:07	4:30:19
44	Chatelas, Yannick	39/M35	0:30:57	2:30:32	1:27:07	4:32:18
45	Goncalves, Paulo	39/M35	0:38:46	2:23:43	1:26:39	4:32:23
46	Baumgartner, Stephen	23/M18	0:29:20	2:27:38	1:32:34	4:32:24
47	Steffen, Urs	48/M45	0:31:45	2:23:55	1:35:15	4:33:57
48	Lelievre, Michel	36/M35	0:35:04	2:23:11	1:32:20	4:35:22
49	Vara, Philippe	40/M40	0:39:15	2:28:46	1:23:10	4:35:43
50	Duelli, Luca	22/M18	0:34:35	2:20:04

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