Wellington and Matthews win 70.3 Kansas. Poulsen gets 7th.
Ironman 70.3 Italy Results too.
Wellington and Matthews win 70.3 Kansas
Poulsen finishes 7th
It was all about the run today at Ironman 70.3 Kansas, as Australia’s Paul Matthews and Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington both used top half marathon splits to earn their wins.
Matthews ran 1:12:45 to cross finish line in 3:49:44, and Wellington ran 1:16:41 (over 7 minutes faster than the next best time) to finish in 4:11:08.
Orillia’s Brent Poulsen posted a 1:16:58 run to move up a few positions to place seventh (4:04:18).
Top 10 Men
1 Matthews, Paul 3:49:44
2 Kahn, David 3:55:46
3 Bell, Luke 3:56:13
4 Guillaume, Romain 3:59:17
5 McDaniel, Joe 4:00:53
6 Castillo, Andres 4:03:22
7 Poulsen, Brent (CAN)Â 4:04:18
8 Umphenour, Joe 4:05:18
9 White, Tony 4:05:56
10 Abel, Torsten 4:06:33
Top 10 Women
1 Wellington, Chrissie 4:11:08
2 Cave, Leanda 4:15:13
3 Garcia, Whitney 4:27:17
4 Oldfield, Madeleine 4:29:18
5 Arendt, Jackie 4:32:39
6 Paterson, Lesley 4:33:05
7 Ritchie, Tami 4:34:27
8 Capone, Lauren 4:38:26
9 Piampiano, Sarah 4:42:42
10 Smith, Lesley 4:42:59
Ironman 70.3 Italy Results
Top 5 Men
1. Daniel Fontana (ITA)Â 4:01:26
2. Alessandro Degasperi (ITA)Â 4:10:54
3. Hideo Fukui (JPN)Â 4:10:55
4. Iván Tejero Vázquez (ESP) 4:12:19
5. Massimo Cigana (ITA)Â 4:15:39
Top 5 Women
1. Martina Dogana (ITA)Â 4:44:59
2. Edith Niederfriniger (ITA)Â 4:47:51
3. Francesca Tibaldi (ITA)Â 4:54:24
4. Camille Donat (FRA)Â 4:58:49
5. Ute Streiter (AUT)Â 5:11:17