Pete Jacobs dominates at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast
Gina Crawford hangs on for the women's victory.
Australia’s Pete Jacobs looks to be coming into form just in time for his Ironman World Championship defence in October.
Jacobs led all out of the water (22:59), stayed there with a 2:01:09 bike, and ran away from the rest of the men with a 1:13:09 race best half marathon to cross the finish line in 3:39:59 to win Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast (Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia) by over 7 minutes.
Top 5 Men
| JACOBS, Pete | Australia | 00:22:59 | 02:01:09 | 01:13:09 | 03:39:59 | 1 |
| FETTELL, Clayton | Australia | 00:23:12 | 02:01:07 | 01:20:17 | 03:47:08 | 2 |
| MUNRO, Casey | Australia | 00:23:15 | 02:06:55 | 01:18:13 | 03:50:59 | 3 |
| APPLETON, Sam | Australia | 00:23:16 | 02:06:56 | 01:18:30 | 03:51:16 | 4 |
| ROCHE, Kieran | Australia | 00:24:46 | 02:11:33 | 01:19:44 | 03:58:38 | 5 |
New Zealand’s Gina Crawford chased down swim leader Lisa Marangon (Australia) on the run grab the victory (4:23:18) over a hard charging Kiyomi Niwata (4:24:17) of Japan.
Top 5 Women
| CRAWFORD, Gina | New Zealand | 00:27:24 | 02:27:37 | 01:25:03 | 04:23:18 | 1 |
| NIWATA, Kiyomi | Japan | 00:27:30 | 02:30:32 | 01:23:31 | 04:24:17 | 2 |
| FLEMING, Jessica | Australia | 00:29:36 | 02:22:45 | 01:32:04 | 04:27:42 | 3 |
| WILLIS, Janine | Australia | 00:28:17 | 02:25:09 | 01:32:24 | 04:29:29 | 4 |
| MARANGON, Lisa | Australia | 00:26:04 | 02:26:12 | 01:37:41 | 04:33:17 | 5 |