Salthouse, Azevedo Eke Out Close Wins at Augusta 70.3
Ellie Salthouse of Australia and Filipe Azevedo of Portugal took top honors at Ironman 70.3 Augusta.
Salthouse, coming off a win in Match 4 at the prestigious Collins Cup, combined a 3rd best 20:00 swim, a 2nd best 2:21:06 bike split and 3rd fastest 1:19:52 half marathon to finish in 4:04:47 with a 38 seconds margin over Canadian Tamara Jewett and 4:39 over 3rd place finisher Danielle Lewis of the U.S.
Jewett, who had a stellar career as a runner, had an outstanding by-far race-best 1:13:09 run to make up for a 7:01 deficit after the bike leg.
Filipe Azevedo of Portugal combined a second-fastest 19:44 swim, a second-best 2:05:18 bike split and a 3rd-quickest 1:10:05 run split to finish in 3:39:03 with a 1-minute margin over Jason West of the U.S. – who had a race-best 1:09:03 run split – and 4:19 over third place finisher Timothy Reed of Australia.
The win adds to Azevedo’s best recent finishes including a 2nd at Dubai 70.3 in March, a win at the 2018 and 2019 Shanghai 70.3, and a 2nd place at 2019 Astana 70.3.
Ironman 70.3 Augusta
Augusta, Georgia
September 26, 2021
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.,
Pro Men
1. Filipe Azevedo (POR) S 19:44 T1 2:13 B 2:05:18 T2 1:44 R 1:10:05 TOT 3:39:03
2. Jason West (USA) S 19:41 T1 2:00 B 2:08:00 T2 1:20 R 1:09:03 TOT 3:40:03
3. Timothy Reed (AUS) S 19:56 T1 2:07 B 2:05:09 T2 1:41 R 1:14:30 TOT 3:43:22
4. Stephen Kilshaw ( ) S 21:11 T1 2:18 B 2:06:07 T2 1:25 R 1:12:48 TOT 3:43:48
5. Trevor Foley ( ) S 21:15 T1 2:21 B 2:09:59 T2 1:18 R 1:09:08 TOT 3:43:59
Pro Women
1. Ellie Salthouse (AUS) S 20:00 T1 2:12 B 2:21:06 T2 1:39 R 1:19:52 TOT 4:04:47
2. Tamara Jewett ( ) 22:21 T1 2:30 B 2:25:29 T2 1:57 R 1:13:09 TOT 4:05:25
3. Danielle Lewis ( ) S 23:02 T1 2:05 B 2:219:16 T2 1:37 R 1:23:29 TOT 4:09:26
4. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) S 22:47 T1 2:21 B 2:21:43 T2 2:08 R 1:21:36 TOT 4:10:33
5. Jodie Robertson ( ) S 22:47 T1 3:16 B 2:27:43 T2 1:51 R 1:18:01 TOT 4:13:36
