Cave and O’Donnell win Ironman 70.3 Florida
Tisseyre and Rollinson in top five.
Great Britain’s Leanda Cave won her third title in a row today at Ironman 70.3 Florida, while American Tim O’Donnell won the men’s title for the first time. American TJ Tollakson put on a cycling clinic, going sub 2 hours on the bike, to take a 7 minute lead onto the run. He ended up finishing in 7th after a 90 minute half marathon.
Three Canadians cracked the top 10. Magali Tisseyre was 4th, Ayesha Rollinson was 5th, and David Sharratt finished 10th.
Check out the full story at Ironman.com.
Top 10 Pro Men
1. Timothy O’Donnell 24:30 2:08:41 1:15:18 3:51:18
2. Viktor Zyemtsev 25:49 2:09:56 1:13:53 3:52:39
3. Dirk Bockel 24:29 2:08:25 1:17:14 3:52:55
4. Richie Cunningham 24:32 2:08:34 1:21:09 3:57:06
5. David Kahn 24:26 2:11:10 1:18:31 3:57:14
6. Maxim Kriat 25:46 2:13:50 1:15:22 3:57:52
7. TJ Tollakson 25:03 1:59:57 1:30:26 3:58:59
8. Paul Ambrose 26:10 2:09:23 1:23:13 4:01:45
9. Andres Castillo Latorre 24:34 2:11:16 1:24:51 4:03:52
10. David Sharratt 25:00 2:10:15 1:30:13 4:09:02
Top 10 Pro Women
1. Leanda Cave 26:50 2:17:37 1:26:29 4:14:22
2. Amanda Stevens 25:11 2:19:22 1:31:05 4:18:55
3. Magali Tisseyre 28:18 2:23:38 1:27:56 4:23:10
4. Ayesha Rollinson 28:14 2:29:03 1:28:16 4:29:07
5. Jacqui Gordon 31:48 2:24:03 1:29:56 4:29:39
6. Kim Loeffler 34:28 2:25:20 1:26:55 4:31:01
7. Daniela Saemmler 28:20 2:27:37 1:35:12 4:34:39
8. Heather Leiggi 31:50 2:23:16 1:36:15 4:34:58
9. Heather Jackson 32:36 2:20:41 1:38:50 4:35:24
10. Emma-Kate Lidbury 28:22 2:26:34 1:42:01 4:40:50