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Daniel Halksworth defends at Ironman UK

Lucy Gossage destroys the women's field.

Great Britain’s Daniel Halksworth and Lucy Gossage won the fifth Ironman UK today in Bolton, England.

Halksworth led his title defence with by coming out of the water first (43:59), then rode 4:56:45 to trail fellow Brit Stephen Bayliss by one second heading into T2. Halksworth then ran away from Bayliss with a 3:01:20 marathon to defend his title in 8:45:48.

Men

Halksworth, Daniel GBR 00:43:59 04:56:45 03:01:20 08:45:48 1
Bayliss, Stephen GBR 00:44:03 04:56:50 03:04:57 08:49:25 2
Skipper, Joe GBR 00:49:37 05:00:59 02:57:11 08:51:49 3
Neyedli, Scott GBR 00:49:02 05:03:14 02:56:38 08:53:15 4
Jameson, Joel GBR 00:52:33 05:10:43 02:52:23 08:59:36 5

The women’s race featured a one woman show put on by Lucy Gossage. She led right from the start with a 52:30 swim, and just got further out of reach with every passing second. She rode a dominant 5:22:13, and ran 3:10:22 to post a winning time of 9:29:12 – 36:05 faster then Joanna Carritt who finished second.

Women

Gossage, Lucy GBR 00:52:30 05:22:13 03:10:22 09:29:12 1
Carritt, Joanna GBR 00:55:57 05:40:36 03:24:00 10:05:17 2
Forshaw, Amy GBR 00:56:27 05:54:21 03:30:15 10:28:27 3
Bayliss, Bella GBR 00:53:48 05:38:38 03:55:49 10:34:34 4
Bostock, Laura GBR 00:58:36 06:31:54 03:49:58 11:27:14 5