Amorelli, Oliveira take home country wins at Florianopolis
Igor Amorelli and Pamella Oliveira earned home country wins at Ironman 70.3 Florianopolis.
Amorelli flew to a big lead with a race-best 2:03:04 bike split to take the win in 3:46:47 with a 3:46 margin of victory over Tim O’Donnell of the U.S. and 5:03 over 3rd place finisher Juri Vinuto of Brazil.
Oliveira swam to a 4:05 lead on fellow Brazilian Bruna Mahn, then held off the field with a women’s 3rd-best bike split and 4th-fastest run to finish in 4:23:04 with an 11 seconds margin of victory over Mahn and 56 seconds over 3rd-place Beatriz Neres for a 1-2-3 Brazilian sweep.
Men
Bruno Joaquim of Brail led the men’s swim with a 22:44 split that gave him a 1 second lead on Luiz Francisco of Brazil, 4 seconds on O’Donnell, 24 seconds on Juri Vinuto, 31 seconds on Amorelli, 32 seconds on Fernando Toldi of Brazil, 40 seconds on Fellipe Santos of Brazil and 2:40 on Santiago Ascenco of Brazil.
After 50 kilometers of the bike leg, Amorelli opened a gap of 2 minutes on a pack of four including Toldi, O’Donnell, Francisco, and Joaquim.
After a decisive race-best bike split of 2:03:04 – 4:44 better than the next best effort by Toldi – Amorelli held a near five minute lead on Joaquim, Toldi and O’Donnell.
On the first half of the run, O’Donnell sliced Amorelli’s lead by 1:11. After 10.5km, Amorelli led O’Donnell by 4:04 and Toldi by 5:20, with Francisco and Vinuto more than six minutes arrears.
After a 4th-best 1:17:09 run, Amorelli finished in 3:46:47 with a 3:36 margin of victory on O’Donnell (1:15:28 run), 5:03 on 3rd-place Vinuto (1:12:34 run), and 6:12 on 4th-place Santiago Ascenco (race-best 1:11:27 run split).
Women
Oliveira finished the swim in 24:24 which gave her a 1:24 lead on Lauren Goss of the U.S., 3:18 on Beatriz Neres of Brazil, 4:05 on Bruna Mahn of Brazil and 4:20 on Mariana Borges of Brazil.
After 41km of the flat and fast bike leg, Oliveira held a 4 minute lead on Mahn, Goss and Neres.
After a women’s 3rd-best 2:28:55 bike split, Oliveira led the women into T2 by a 2:09 margin on Mahn (women’s-fastest 2:26:57 bike split), 2:57 on Neres (2:28:19 bike split).
Halfway through the half marathon, Oliveira led by 2:52 over Neres and Mahn, who were battling in close quarters.
After a women’s 4th-best 1:25:54 run, Oliveira finished in 4:23:04, eking out an 11 seconds margin of victory over Mahn (1:23:53 run) and 1:56 over Neres (1:23:51 run).
Ironman 70.3 Florianopolis
Florianopolis, Brazil
April 22, 2018
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Results
Men
1. Igor Amorelli (BRA) 3:46:47 S 23:16 T1 2:20 B 2:03:04 T2 1:00 R 1:17:09
2. Tim O’Donnell (USA) 3:50:23 S 22:49 T1 2:27 B 2:08:15 T2 1:26 R 1:15:28
3. Juri Vinuto (BRA) 3:51:50 S 23:09 T1 2:08 B 2:12:49 T2 1:12 R 1:12:34
4. Santiago Ascenco (BRA) 3:52:59 S 25:25 T1 2:30 B 2:12:40 T2 00:59 R 1:11:27
5. Fernando Toldi (BRA) 3:54:21 S 23:17 T1 2:22 B 2:07:48 T2 1:17 R 1:19:38
6. Luiz Francisco Paiva Ferreira (BRA) 3:58:27 S 22:46 T1 2:32 B 2:09:07 T2 1:11 R 1:22:53
7. Bruno Joaquim (BRA) 3:58:37 S 22:45 T1 2:35 B 2:08:04 T2 1:09 R 1:24:05
8. Felipe Manente (BRA) 4:06:59 S 27:08 T1 2:33 B 2:15:35 T2 1:15 R 1:20:31
9. Alan Baucco (USA) 4:08:50 S 24:17 T1 2:37 B 2:18:30 T2 1:25 R 1:21:54
10. Fellipe Santos (BRA) 4:13:28 S 23:25 T1 2:28 B 2:16:50 T2 1:23 R 1:29:25
Women
1. Pamella Oliveira (BRA) 4:23:04 S 24:25 T1 2:42 B 2:28:55 T2 1:10 R 1:25:54
2. Bruna Mahn (BRA) 4:23:15 T1 2:43 S 28:30 T1 2:43 B 2:26:57 T2 1:13 R 1:23:53
3. Beatriz Neres (BRA) 4:24:00 S 27:43 T1 2:56 B 2:28:19 T2 1:13 R 1:23:51
4. Luiza Cravo (BRA) 4:24:39 S 28:47 T1 2:50 B 2:29:40 T2 1:11 R 1:22:13
5. Nicole Valentine (USA) 4:32:42 S 29:57 T1 2:50 B 2:29:45 T2 1:16 R 1:28:55
6. Mariana Borges De Andrade (BRA) 4:44:13 S 28:45 T1 3:03 B 2:37:20 T2 00:58 R 1:34:08
