Bree Wee was leading her home town race, Ironman 70.3 Hawaii, by a defensible margin when she took a wrong turn off the run course, backtracked, and fell from 1st to 3rd in a heartbreaking twist of fate.
by Tim Carlson, June 5, 2013Australians Clayton Fettell and Emma Moffatt won the men’s and women’s titles at the Coral Coast 5150 in Cairns; Fettell edged ITU star Brad Kahlefeldt by 1:10 while Moffatt dominated the women by a 14:12 margin.
Greg and Laura Bennett dominated the men’s and women’s fields at Ironman 70.3 Raleigh; Greg used a dominant bike and run to win by 13 minutes 17 seconds and Laura won by 3:56 over Emma-Kate Lidbury.
Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander crushed the bike and tied for fastest run to take the men’s title; Belinda Granger inherited the women’s win when Bree Wee ran off course at Ironman 70.3 Hawaii.
U.S. stars Hunter Kemper and Alicia Kaye dominated the men’s and women’s pro fields in Austin to win the Cap Tex Triathlon pro titles, top points in the 2013 Life Time Pro Series and $6,000 checks.
Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Andi Böcherer of Germany and Lisa Hütthaler of Austria out biked Eva Nystrom of Sweden to win Ironman 70.3 St. Polten as low air and water temperatures canceled the swim.
Gregory Billington of the United States won wire to wire and Kaitlin Donner of Australia topped Andrea Steyn of South Africa by 30 seconds to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at New Orleans 5i50
McCormack won a finish line sprint to prevail by 3 seconds over Daniel Fontana of Italy while Erika Csomor of Hungary topped Diana Riesler of Germany by 2:02 to win the Challenge Rimini half on a windy day in Italy
Timothy O’Donnell won his first Ironman by 18 minutes and super swimmer – excellent biker Amanda Stevens held off a late race charge by Sara Gross to take her first Ironman win at Florianopolis Brazil.
Artem Parienko of Russia came from behind on the run to beat Luciano Taccone of Argentina and Pamela Oliveira of Brazil held off a late charge by Lisa Perterer of Austria to win the ITU Huatulco World Cup.
After lightning forced cancellation of the swim, Jordan Jones of Golden, Colorado topped the men’s race and Lauren Goss of Clermont, Florida won the women’s crown at the Kansas 5i50 impromptu duathlon in Lawrence.
Terenzo Bozzone of New Zealand edged Kevin Collington of the U.S. by 1:21 and Mary Beth Ellis topped fellow U.S. competitor Mandy McLane by 5:07 to win the Ironman 70.3 Florida overall titles.
Cameron Dye of the U.S. topped Bevan Docherty of New Zealand by 1:21 and Nicky Samuels of New Zealand outpaced Meredith Kessler of the U.S. by 2:25 to win the 30th anniversary Columbia Triathlon