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