Lange, Ryf Take $25,000 IM Tulsa Wins
Two-time Ironman World Champion Patrick Lange of Germany combined a 6th-best 47:05 swim, a 3rd-best 4:17:07 bike split and a second-fastest 2:36:46 marathon to finish in 7:45:22 with a 5:36 margin over Jan Van Berkel of Switzerland and 7:37 ahead of third-place finisher Daniel Bakkegard of Denmark at the North American Ironman Championship.
Best splits included Bakkegard’s 46:34 swim on the way to a 3rd place finish, Joe Skipper’s 4:15: 57 bike split on the way to 6th place and Denis Chevrot’s 2:36:03 run split on the way to 4th place.
Four-time Ironman World Champion Daniel Ryf of Switzerland put together a 2nd-fasteszt women’s swim, a dominating 4:39:00 bike split and a 6th-fastest 3:04:55 run to finish in 8:40:34 with a 5:01 margin over Katrina Matthews of Great Britain. If not for a 5-minute penalty for drafting, Matthews might have finished in a tie with Ryf.
Pamella Oliveira of Brazil posted a 51:01 fastest women’s swim split, Ryf’s by-far women’s-best 4:39:00 bike split was 14:04 better than the next best efforts by Kimberley Morrison and Skye Moench, and Katrina Matthews’ women’s-fastest 2:49:49 marathon outpaced Ryf’s sixth best run by 15:06. In Addition to her four Kona wins, Ryf has won five Ironman 70.3 World Titles and appeared in two Olympics.
Ironman North America Championship
Ironman Tulsa
Tulsa Oklahoma
May 23, 2021
S 2.4 mi. / B `112 mi. / R 26.2 mi.
Men
1. Patrick Lange (GER) S 47:05 B 4:17:07 R 2:36:46 TOT 7:45:22 – $25,000.
2. Jan Van Berkel (SUI) S 49:47 B 4:18:20 R 2:39:05 TOT 7:50:58 – $15,000
3. Daniel Bakkegard (DEN) S 46:34 B 4:17:52 R 2:44:35 TOT 7:52:59 – $9,000
4. Denis Chevrot (FRA) S 46:50 B 4:27:08 R 2:36:03 TOT7:54:27- $7,500
5. Bart Aernouts (BEL) S 50:16 B 4:17:89 R 2:43:21 TOT 7:55:13 – $5,500
6. Joe Skipper (GBR) S 52:20 B 4:15:57 R 2:45:38 TOT 7:57:40 – $4,000
7. Florian Angert (GER) S 47:05 B 4:15:57 R 2:50:16 TOT 7:58:17 – $3,000
8. Andy Potts (USA) S 47:08 B 4:21:01 R 2:46:13 TOT 7:59:55 – $ 2,500
9. Samuel Huerzeler (SUI) S 49:56 B 4:18:23 R 2:50:33 TOT 8:02:52 – $2,000
10. Mauricio Mendez Cruz MEX S 47:11 B 4:30:46 R 2:42:36 TOT 8:04:09 – $1,500.
Women
1. Daniela Ryf (SUI) S 52:21 B 4:39:00 R 3:04:55 TOT 8:40:34 -$25,000
2. Katrina Matthews (GBR) S 56:57 B 4:54:48 R 2:49:49 TOT 8:45:35 – $15,000
3. Skye Moench (USA) S 53:39 B 4:53:04 R 2:56:57 TOT 8:47:45 – $9,000
4. Heather Jackson (USA) S 1:00:32 B 4:53:56 R 2:59:45 TOT 8:57:58 – $7,500
5. Gurutz Frades (ESP) S 1:00:42 B 5:03:34 R 2:52:53 TOT IN 9:02:19 – $5,500
6. Sarah Crowley (AUS) S 53:34 B 4:56:39 R 3:11:41 FIN 9:06:30 – $4,000
7. Ruth Astle (GBR) S 1:00:33 B 6:06:34 R 3:03:52 TOT 9:12:36 – $3,000
8. Kimberley Morrison (GBR) S 53:38 B 4:53:04 R 3:26:18 TOT 9:17:47 – $2,500
9. Tara Grosvenor (GBR) S 58:56 B 5:17:09 R 3:15:11 TOT 9:35:47 – $2,000
10. Meredith Kessler (USA) S 53:28 B 5:17:17 R 3: 32:51 TOT 9:48:51 – $1,500
