An Aussie Double at Hawaii

The Aussie pair of Chris McCormack and Mirinda Carfrae took Ironman World Championship titles today in Kona.

McCormack captured his second Ironman World title in an exciting head to head run duel with Germany’s Andreas Raelert. His surge after the final aid station created a gap that Raelert could not close, giving him the win in 8:10:37. A drained Raelert got second (8:12:17), and Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker hung onto third (8:13:14). Craig Alexander, the two-time defending champion, came from over 15 minutes back to run himself into fourth (8:16:53). Calgary’s Scott Curry was the fastest Canadian male (and lone Canadian pro) with a time of 9:19:39.

Carfrae improved her swim, bike, and run segments along with her podium position this year. Her 2:53:32 marathon course record was definitely the story of the day.  She easily passed Julie Dibens on the run to claim the win (8:58:36) and the fourth fastest women’s time in the race’s history. Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen stayed in contention all day and finished off with a 3:05:47 run to get second (9:06:00), and Dibens hung tough to finish third (9:10:04) in her Ironman debut. Canada’s Samantha McGlone finished 16^th (9:38:45). Where was defending champion Chrissie Wellington? She did not race due to illness. That should not take away from Carfrae’s performance because she would have been tough to beat today.

Top 10 Men

1  McCormack, Chris         00:51:36              04:31:50             02:43:31            08:10:37

2 Raelert, Andreas             00:51:27             04:32:26             02:44:25             08:12:17

3 Vanhoenacker, Marino 00:51:33             04:31:00             02:46:45             08:13:14

4 Alexander, Craig             00:51:32             04:39:35             02:41:59             08:16:53

5 Tissink, Raynard             00:52:25             04:30:47             02:52:44           08:20:11

6 Bracht, Timo             00:53:52             04:29:42             02:53:18             08:21:00

7 Llanos, Eneko             00:51:38             04:39:23             02:47:02             08:22:02

8 Bockel, Dirk             00:51:12             04:35:47             02:52:01             08:22:59

9 Jacobs, Pete             00:51:15             04:47:04             02:41:05             08:23:26

10 Al-Sultan, Faris           00:51:25             04:32:40          02:55:28           08:24:04

Top 10 Women

1  Carfrae, Mirinda            00:55:53              05:04:59             02:53:32            08:58:36

2 Steffen, Caroline            00:55:57             04:59:22             03:05:47             09:06:00

3 Dibens, Julie             00:53:50             04:55:27             03:16:12             09:10:04

4 Berasategui, Virginia 00:57:46             05:05:36             03:08:30             09:16:47

5 Joyce, Rachel             00:52:25             05:10:32             03:11:09             09:18:48

6 Thuerig, Karin             01:13:12             04:48:22             03:14:26             09:22:48

7 Van Vlerken, Yvonne 01:01:58             04:59:41             03:17:39             09:23:33

8 Snow, Caitlin             00:57:50             05:27:40             02:56:04             09:26:42

9 Bij De Vaate, Heleen 01:13:07             05:02:30             03:06:48            09:27:02

10 Cave, Leanda             00:55:43             05:07:29             03:20:05            09:27:42

16  McGlone, Samantha  00:57:44       05:17:10      03:18:52      09:38:45

We will bring you more on Kona – Canadian Age Groupers once all the results are in.

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