Armstrong dominates and Jacobs run to first in Florida

Americans Lance Armstrong and Jessica Jacobs both topped the podium today at Ironman 70.3 Florida.

Armstrong finally won his first race since his comeback to triathlon on the strength of a dominating bike/run combination.

Armstrong trailed out of the water with a 24:52 swim (behind David Kahn’s 23:29), but hammered the entire field with a 2:01:13 bike ride, and kept the top splits going with a 1:15:56 half marathon to take a crushing 3:45:38 victory. Maxim Kriat (UKR) was second in 3:56:56, and Spain’s Francesco Godoy third (3:59:45). Canada’s Julien Biboud finished in 12^th overall (4:18:09).

Top 10 Men

1. Armstrong, Lance USA 3:45:38

2. Kriat, Maxim UKR 3:56:56

3. Godoy, Francesco ESP 3:59:45

4. Castillo, Andres COL 4:01:08

5. Cavanha, Mauro BRA 4:02:04

6. Kahn, David USA 4:06:35

7. Bagg, Chris USA 4:07:01

8. Langfield, Andrew USA 4:07:55

9. Hodges, Andrew USA 4:08:53

10 Rahn, Fabian GER 4:09:58

12. Biboud, Julien CAN 4:18:09

For the women, Jacobs did all of her damage on the run. Fellow Americans Amanda Stevens led the swim (25:04), and Jennifer Tetrick led the bike (2:22:01), but never being too far off the pace, Jacobs reeled in everyone and took the overall win with the top 1:21:53 run to win in 4:24:30. Tetrick held on for second (4:26:09), and Stevens fought off Germany’s Nina Kraft (4:28:43) for third. Aurora, Ontario’s Paolina Allan finished 9^th overall (4:44:19).

Top 10 Women

1. Jacobs, Jessica USA 4:24:30

2. Tetrick, Jennifer USA 4:26:09

3. Stevens, Amanda USA 4:28:19

4. Kraft, Nina GER 4:28:43

5. Kozulina, Tamara USA 4:31:14

6. Castro. Terra USA 4:39:39

7. McWilliam, Cassie USA 4:41:20

8. Wilkinson, Jolene USA 4:41:27

9. Allan, Paolina CAN 4:44:19

10 Ohlson, Danielle USA 4:44:22