Heather Wurtele sets new course record at Ironman Coeur d’Alene

Ben Hoffman claims his third career Ironman title.

Rogerhospedales June 23, 2013

Photos by Nils Nilsen/IRONMAN.

Last year, Kelowna’s Heather Wurtele was well on her way to taking the victory but was disqualified for using another competitor’s bike to finish the 180 km ride. Today she won her second Ironman Coeur d’Alene title in grand style, setting the new course record of 9:16:02 with a 55:40 swim, 5:07:03 bike and a 3:09:01 marathon to win by over 12 minutes. This was Wurtele’s fifth career Ironman title.

Women

WURTELE, Heather	CAN	00:55:40	05:07:03	03:09:01	09:16:02	1
SNOW, Caitlin	USA	00:57:53	05:20:31	03:05:21	09:28:36	2
BROMME, Uli	USA	01:02:58	05:11:40	03:14:05	09:33:02	3
CLIFFORD, Ashley	USA	00:55:04	05:31:22	03:05:59	09:37:34	4
HAMMOND, Candice	NZL	01:02:28	05:17:04	03:20:07	09:43:44	5
CALKINS, Kathleen	USA	00:57:59	05:22:13	03:21:17	09:45:44	6
WEE, Bree	USA	00:55:36	05:19:35	03:33:43	09:53:35	7
PRYSTAYKO, Olesya	USA	00:59:08	05:27:42	03:27:55	09:58:50	8
ANDERSON, Christine	USA	00:55:38	05:30:47	03:36:05	10:06:51	9
DEIM, Trish	USA	01:05:49	05:24:48	03:34:05	10:09:48	10

American Ben Hoffman won his third career Ironman title with a similar dominant performance. His finish time of 8:17:31, put him over 8 minutes ahead of defending champion Viktor Zyemtsev.

Men

HOFFMAN, Ben	USA	00:50:24	04:30:47	02:52:54	08:17:31	1
ZYEMTSEV, Viktor	UKR	00:51:31	04:40:58	02:50:01	08:26:01	2
TOLLAKSON, Tj	USA	00:51:29	04:34:14	03:02:41	08:32:09	3
RUSSELL, Matthew	USA	01:00:27	04:39:34	02:56:46	08:40:25	4
MCDONALD, Chris	USA	00:53:07	04:56:24	02:49:09	08:42:10	5
DROBECK, Andrew	USA	01:02:16	04:43:27	03:02:00	08:53:00	1
MAJOR, Jozsef	USA	00:58:35	04:44:16	03:08:54	08:57:37	6
GERLACH, Thomas	USA	00:58:04	04:47:31	03:10:35	09:00:02	7
LUBINSKI, Jim	USA	01:00:33	04:58:25	02:58:33	09:00:47	8
O’MEARA, Adam	CAN	00:58:30	05:01:23	02:59:14	09:04:33	9
COTTER, Ben	CAN	00:59:09	04:53:34	03:11:58	09:08:50	10