Lisa Norden crushes at Ironman 70.3 Syracuse
Joe Gambles defends his title.

Sweden’s Lisa Norden, the London Olympic games silver medalist, totally destroyed the women’s field in their Ironman 70.3 debut in Syracuse. Norden laid down dominant splits across all three sports (26:28 swim, 2:23:52 bike, and 1:30:46 run) to win by over 22 minutes (4:24:37 finish time).
Top 5 Women
NORDEN, Lisa | SWE | 00:26:52 | 02:23:52 | 01:30:46 | 04:24:37 | 1 |
LEIGGI, Heather | USA | 00:32:29 | 02:37:45 | 01:33:35 | 04:47:26 | 2 |
ROOHI, Molly | USA | 00:34:09 | 02:37:27 | 01:32:08 | 04:47:41 | 3 |
HANSEN, Jennie | USA | 00:34:39 | 02:37:15 | 01:31:47 | 04:47:47 | 4 |
ROBERTS, Darbi | USA | 00:27:36 | 02:38:18 | 01:40:18 | 04:50:01 | 5 |
Australian Joe Gambles finished the swim (26:28) in second, then biked (2:11:38) to the front and ran 1:21:45 to easily defend his title in 4:02:58.
Top 5 Men
GAMBLES, Joe | AUS | 00:26:28 | 02:11:38 | 01:21:45 | 04:02:58 | 1 |
DOUGLAS, Sam | AUS | 00:25:30 | 02:13:57 | 01:26:56 | 04:09:28 | 2 |
POLSON, John | AUS | 00:26:29 | 02:22:51 | 01:24:24 | 04:16:48 | 3 |
THOMAS, Christopher | USA | 00:29:52 | 02:23:02 | 01:25:57 | 04:22:03 | 4 |
HERMANSON, Mike | USA | 00:29:55 | 02:24:15 | 01:25:43 | 04:23:25 | 5 |