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With the week leading into the 2014 Ironman World Championship presented by GoPro featuring the windy conditions that the Big Island is known for, speculation was high that this year’s race would be even more brutal than usual. Those concerns came to fruition, and Saturday’s event saw a rough-water swim, an extremely windy bike ride and a hot and humid run. Two-time Ironman 70.3 world champion Sebastian Kienle (GER) established a lead on the ride and carried it through the entire marathon to earn his first Ironman World Championship title. In the women’s race, Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae came off of the bike over 14 minutes down and ran her way to her third world title, once again establishing a new marathon course record.
Men’s Race
The pro men kicked off the action at 6:25 a.m. to fairly rough conditions in Kailua Bay. After 2.4 miles of battling, a huge group of 24 men came into the first transition within 53 seconds of each other. American Andy Potts regained his title of first man out of the water in Kona with a time of 50:56, but his lead was minimal. Kona rookie 2008 Olympic gold medalist Jan Frodeno followed just one second behind with Igor Amorelli (BRA), Marko Albert (EST), defending champion Frederik Van Lierde (BEL), Tim O’Donnell (USA), Daniel Halksworth (GBR), Ben Hoffman (USA) and Pete Jacobs (AUS) making the front part of that group. The most notable name missing from the front pack was 2013 Kona runner-up Luke McKenzie, who came into T1 nearly four minutes down. Kienle kept the damage to a minimum, also coming out of the water at about four minutes down.
Once on the bike, that front group stayed pretty well together through the early miles. In an early dramatic moment, Frodeno took his turn out front and suffered a flat tire, forcing him to take time on the side of the road. Starykowicz inherited the lead and worked to build a gap. He couldn’t find the momentum that he forged in 2013 and eventually dropped back into the group. As the athletes reached Hawi, the winds started gusting and Kienle excelled, with fellow German Maik Twelsiek going with him. Kienle used the ride back on the Queen K to build a commanding lead over his chasers. Kienle’s 4:20:46 bike split gave him a 3:15 gap over Twelsiek, 4:54 over Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) and just over eight minutes on Van Lierde and Hoffman into T2. Next off of the biker were Germany’s Nils Frommhold (9:58 back), and France’s Romain Guillaume (10:37 back) and Cyril Viennot (10:44 back). Positions nine through 13 into T2 saw the fastest runners of the race with Potts, Tim Van Berkel (AUS), Andreas Raelert (GER), Frodeno and Tim O’Donnell all getting off of the bike at around 12:40 back.
The big question at this point of the race was: how would Kienle handle the pressure of a big lead out front? The two-time 70.3 world champion ran steady throughout the marathon, giving up little time to his pursuers. With Kienle running solidly up front, the race behind him for podium positions featured the biggest question marks. Through the early miles, Van Lierde and Hoffman both stayed steady in second and third respectively, with traditionally strong runners like Van Berkel, Frodeno and Potts not making up a significant amount of time. Van Lierde struggled after the Energy Lab, giving Hoffman the second position. Frodeno worked his way up and looked like he might be capable of catching Hoffman.
Despite showing some fatigue in the final miles after the Energy Lab, Kienle’s lead was more than enough. His 2:54:37 marathon nabbed him his first Ironman world title in 8:14:18. Behind him the race for second came down to the final mile. Hoffman was able to hold off Frodeno, coming down the finish line as the top American in second at 8:19:23. Frodeno overcame a flat tire and four-minute penalty with a 2:47:46 marathon to finish in third at 8:20:32. Potts ran his way to fourth with a run split of 2:48:18, putting two Americans in the top five. France’s Cyril Viennot had a breakout performance, rounding out the top five.
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Women’s Race
The 37 women started their day at 6:30 a.m. Super swimmer Amanda Stevens (USA) was first out of the water at 54:25, with Jodie Swallow (GBR) and Meredith Kessler (USA) exiting a few seconds later. From there, the women continued to exit in small groups, with many of the main contenders, including Rachel Joyce (GBR), Caroline Steffen (SUI) and Daniela Ryf (SUI), starting the bike just over two minutes back. With the strong swimmers out on the bike course, the attention turned to when Carfrae would start the ride. She finished the swim at just over an hour, putting her nearly six minutes back. (For comparison, she was five minutes back in 2013).
A front trio of Swallow, Kessler and Ellis got organized quickly and rode up front for the early miles of the bike. Through 30 miles, their gap ahead of Joyce, Ryf, Steffen and 2013 third-place finisher Liz Blatchford (AUS) stood at just under two minutes. Swallow then received a four-minute penalty, removing her from early contention.
As the women approached Hawi, they battled the gusting winds and Ryf used her cycling strength and started putting together a decent gap on the others. At 50 miles her lead stood at 1:39 over Joyce in second, and 1:41 over Ellis in third.
Ryf’s momentum continued all the way back into Kona and by the time bike turned to run, her gap stood at 2:01 over Joyce, 3:29 over Ellis and 5:48 over Swallow. After that front four there was a significant gap with Steffen (10:29 back), Canada’s Heather Wurtele (12:29 back), Kessler (14:28 back) and Carfrae (14:32 back) making up the rest of the top eight into transition. Would Ironman marathon course record holder Carfrae be able to pull of a monumental performance and take her third title?
At the midway point of the marathon, Ryf continued to run strong with Carfrae sitting in fifth at nine minutes back. As the women went through the Energy Lab, Ryf started to struggle as Carfrae continued to motor her way through the women’s field. Carfrae passed Ryf on the Queen K headed back toward Kona.
Carfrae carried the lead from there into town, posting a 2:50:26 marathon to wear the coveted Kona crown for the third time in 9:00:55. She becomes only the fourth women in history to win three Ironman World Championships, behind Paula Newby-Fraser (eight), Natascha Badmann (six) and Chrissie Wellington (four).
Ryf was able to compose herself after being passed by Carfrae, crossing the finish line in second. Joyce earned a podium spot for the second year in a row, claiming third.
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2014 Ironman World Championship presented by GoPro
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – Oct. 11, 2014
2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run
Men
1. Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:14:18
2. Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:19:23
3. Jan Frodeno (GER) 8:20:32
4. Andy Potts (USA) 8:21:38
5. Cyril Viennot (FRA) 8:22:19
6. Nils Frommhold (GER) 8:22:29
7. Tim Van Berkel (AUS) 8:23:26
8. Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:24:11
9. Bart Aernouts (BEL) 8:28:28
10. Romain Guillaume (FRA) 8:30:15
Women
1. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:00:55
2. Daniela Ryf (SUI) 9:02:57
3. Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:04:23
4. Jodie Swallow (GBR) 9:10:19
5. Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:12:43
6. Julia Gajer (GER) 9:16:58
7. Liz Lyles (USA) 9:18:11
8. Gina Crawford (NZL) 9:19:21
9. Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:20:46
10. Liz Blatchford (AUS) 9:23:34
아래는 ironman.com에서 퍼 온 Overall 100위까지입니다.
NAME | COUNTRY | DIV RANK | OVERALL RANK | SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | |
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Kienle, Sebastian | DEU | 1 | 1 | 00:54:38 | 04:20:46 | 02:54:36 | 08:14:18 | |
Hoffman, Ben | USA | 2 | 2 | 00:51:20 | 04:32:20 | 02:51:25 | 08:19:23 | |
Frodeno, Jan | DEU | 3 | 3 | 00:50:56 | 04:37:19 | 02:47:46 | 08:20:32 | |
Potts, Andy | USA | 4 | 4 | 00:50:56 | 04:36:56 | 02:48:18 | 08:21:38 | |
Viennot, Cyril | FRA | 5 | 5 | 00:54:32 | 04:31:18 | 02:51:55 | 08:22:19 | |
Frommhold, Nils | DEU | 6 | 6 | 00:51:14 | 04:34:11 | 02:52:45 | 08:22:29 | |
Van Berkel, Tim | AUS | 7 | 7 | 00:51:21 | 04:36:45 | 02:50:53 | 08:23:26 | |
Van Lierde, Frederik | BEL | 8 | 8 | 00:51:03 | 04:32:17 | 02:56:21 | 08:24:11 | |
Aernouts, Bart | BEL | 9 | 9 | 00:55:43 | 04:37:47 | 02:50:12 | 08:28:28 | |
Guillaume, Romain | FRA | 10 | 10 | 00:51:08 | 04:34:23 | 02:59:58 | 08:30:15 | |
Twelsiek, Maik | DEU | 11 | 11 | 00:54:38 | 04:24:03 | 03:07:20 | 08:31:06 | |
Schildknecht, Ronnie | CHE | 12 | 12 | 00:55:39 | 04:38:09 | 02:54:54 | 08:33:35 | |
Alexander, Craig | AUS | 13 | 13 | 00:51:50 | 04:41:39 | 02:58:58 | 08:36:25 | |
Matthews, Paul | AUS | 14 | 14 | 00:51:08 | 04:38:43 | 03:03:09 | 08:37:17 | |
McKenzie, Luke | AUS | 15 | 15 | 00:54:36 | 04:36:44 | 03:02:12 | 08:38:12 | |
Weiss, Michael | AUT | 16 | 16 | 01:00:52 | 04:33:55 | 02:58:35 | 08:38:27 | |
Rana, Ivan | ESP | 17 | 17 | 00:51:56 | 04:58:10 | 02:44:38 | 08:38:59 | |
Jurkiewicz, Jeremy | FRA | 18 | 18 | 00:51:49 | 04:50:27 | 02:53:06 | 08:39:46 | |
Albert, Marko | EST | 19 | 19 | 00:51:01 | 04:39:18 | 03:05:18 | 08:40:02 | |
Stein, Boris | DEU | 20 | 20 | 01:01:52 | 04:36:43 | 02:57:54 | 08:40:42 | |
Reed, Tim | AUS | 21 | 21 | 00:51:25 | 04:38:21 | 03:10:07 | 08:44:45 | |
Jaskolka, Marek | POL | 22 | 22 | 00:54:36 | 04:53:02 | 02:56:12 | 08:48:27 | |
Russell, Matthew | USA | 23 | 23 | 01:00:52 | 04:39:17 | 03:04:06 | 08:49:03 | |
Stubleski, Daniel | USA | 1 | 24 | 01:03:11 | 04:43:43 | 02:58:19 | 08:50:22 | |
Buckingham, Kyle | ZAF | 24 | 25 | 00:54:33 | 04:44:38 | 03:06:01 | 08:50:28 | |
Maxwell, Levi | AUS | 1 | 26 | 01:01:40 | 04:52:00 | 02:54:17 | 08:52:14 | |
Amorelli, Igor | BRA | 25 | 27 | 00:51:00 | 04:41:26 | 03:15:47 | 08:52:37 | |
Daerr, Justin | USA | 26 | 28 | 00:57:32 | 04:50:25 | 03:01:58 | 08:54:01 | |
Gambles, Joe | AUS | 27 | 29 | 00:52:04 | 04:51:55 | 03:05:45 | 08:55:15 | |
Brader, Christian | DEU | 28 | 30 | 01:02:28 | 04:59:30 | 02:50:38 | 08:57:56 | |
Gilfillan, James | GBR | 2 | 31 | 00:56:23 | 04:46:59 | 03:09:58 | 08:59:47 | |
Wiltshire, Harry | GBR | 29 | 32 | 00:51:19 | 04:58:57 | 03:05:36 | 09:00:00 | |
Carfrae, Mirinda | AUS | 1 | 33 | 01:00:14 | 05:05:48 | 02:50:26 | 09:00:55 | |
Ryf, Daniela | CHE | 2 | 34 | 00:56:55 | 04:54:33 | 03:07:00 | 09:02:57 | |
Ambrose, Paul | AUS | 30 | 35 | 00:52:15 | 04:50:29 | 03:15:43 | 09:02:58 | |
Kramer, Lukas | DEU | 1 | 36 | 01:01:49 | 04:52:32 | 03:04:56 | 09:03:37 | |
Joyce, Rachel | GBR | 3 | 37 | 00:56:47 | 04:56:49 | 03:06:27 | 09:04:23 | |
Flander, Marton | HUN | 2 | 38 | 00:53:40 | 05:02:24 | 03:04:42 | 09:06:12 | |
Gigou, Pierre-Yves | CAN | 3 | 39 | 01:01:40 | 04:44:41 | 03:14:50 | 09:06:21 | |
Ferreira Da Silva Neto, Antonio | BRA | 3 | 40 | 00:56:43 | 04:59:12 | 03:06:04 | 09:06:53 | |
Gronbek, Jens | DNK | 2 | 41 | 01:00:34 | 04:57:26 | 03:04:07 | 09:06:56 | |
Burke, James | USA | 4 | 42 | 00:53:33 | 05:00:20 | 03:07:45 | 09:07:15 | |
Caird, Allister | AUS | 4 | 43 | 01:02:20 | 04:58:36 | 03:01:19 | 09:08:26 | |
Droll, Martin | DEU | 3 | 44 | 00:59:39 | 04:55:11 | 03:09:41 | 09:08:35 | |
Gyde, Sam | BEL | 5 | 45 | 01:08:38 | 04:50:02 | 03:04:16 | 09:08:42 | |
Souter, Nick | AUS | 6 | 46 | 01:02:42 | 04:56:15 | 03:05:13 | 09:08:55 | |
Christensen, Gregers | DNK | 5 | 47 | 01:04:04 | 05:01:38 | 02:57:43 | 09:09:48 | |
Viola, Ritch | USA | 1 | 48 | 00:53:48 | 04:58:45 | 03:12:49 | 09:09:51 | |
Swallow, Jodie | GBR | 4 | 49 | 00:54:28 | 05:02:46 | 03:08:45 | 09:10:19 | |
Ospaly, Filip | CZE | 31 | 50 | 00:51:06 | 04:59:00 | 03:16:08 | 09:10:57 | |
Salas, Eduardo | MEX | 2 | 51 | 01:00:56 | 04:58:50 | 03:04:50 | 09:11:16 | |
Stalder, Sebastien Christian | FRA | 7 | 52 | 01:02:14 | 04:54:46 | 03:08:49 | 09:11:23 | |
Paredes, Diego | ESP | 8 | 53 | 01:01:50 | 04:59:26 | 03:03:25 | 09:11:31 | |
Coppock, Xavier | AUS | 9 | 54 | 01:06:51 | 04:43:26 | 03:15:25 | 09:11:37 | |
Bell, Ben | AUS | 10 | 55 | 01:00:24 | 05:07:40 | 02:59:46 | 09:12:06 | |
Burt, Nick | AUS | 3 | 56 | 01:00:33 | 05:01:06 | 03:04:59 | 09:12:15 | |
Steffen, Caroline | CHE | 5 | 57 | 00:56:53 | 05:02:03 | 03:08:43 | 09:12:43 | |
Baxter, Sam | GBR | 4 | 58 | 01:02:15 | 04:59:56 | 03:05:13 | 09:13:36 | |
Sonne, Morten | DNK | 4 | 59 | 01:22:27 | 04:44:31 | 03:00:03 | 09:14:20 | |
Harrison, Josh | NZL | 5 | 60 | 01:09:11 | 04:53:15 | 03:06:49 | 09:14:50 | |
Coleman, Matthew | USA | 6 | 61 | 00:57:08 | 05:00:06 | 03:11:01 | 09:14:57 | |
Caceres Lopez, Ivan | ESP | 6 | 62 | 00:57:00 | 05:10:04 | 03:01:44 | 09:15:17 | |
M�ller, Jens | DEU | 7 | 63 | 01:03:32 | 04:57:11 | 03:08:20 | 09:15:30 | |
Hovda, Allan | NOR | 7 | 64 | 01:05:21 | 04:58:55 | 03:06:00 | 09:15:50 | |
Roye, Lionel | FRA | 11 | 65 | 00:59:01 | 05:08:15 | 03:04:05 | 09:16:06 | |
O'Doherty, Paul | IRN | 12 | 66 | 01:00:43 | 05:03:26 | 03:06:03 | 09:16:16 | |
Flunger, Mathias | DEU | 8 | 67 | 01:01:00 | 04:57:40 | 03:13:22 | 09:16:28 | |
Marcq, Julien | FRA | 9 | 68 | 00:58:55 | 05:02:07 | 03:08:04 | 09:16:34 | |
Chapman, Trent | AUS | 13 | 69 | 00:53:42 | 05:10:45 | 03:08:13 | 09:16:45 | |
Gajer, Julia | DEU | 6 | 70 | 01:00:17 | 05:06:13 | 03:04:39 | 09:16:58 | |
Kimmins, Clint | AUS | 10 | 71 | 00:57:02 | 04:57:51 | 03:17:41 | 09:17:37 | |
Doyon, Pierre-Marc | CAN | 1 | 72 | 00:53:40 | 05:00:13 | 03:18:28 | 09:17:42 | |
Lyles, Liz | USA | 7 | 73 | 01:00:19 | 05:10:15 | 03:03:24 | 09:18:11 | |
Henri Buck, Kelmerson | BRA | 5 | 74 | 00:59:12 | 04:58:36 | 03:10:22 | 09:18:37 | |
Boschian, Alejandro | VEN | 14 | 75 | 01:03:22 | 04:55:42 | 03:11:52 | 09:18:50 | |
Heil, Benedikt | DEU | 11 | 76 | 01:11:24 | 04:54:57 | 03:06:11 | 09:18:59 | |
Owen, Jarrod | AUS | 12 | 77 | 01:08:26 | 05:04:18 | 02:56:45 | 09:19:18 | |
Crawford, Gina | NZL | 8 | 78 | 00:55:04 | 05:17:30 | 03:01:49 | 09:19:21 | |
Clark, Matt | AUS | 13 | 79 | 00:57:46 | 04:59:56 | 03:16:38 | 09:19:52 | |
Garcia, Frederic | FRA | 8 | 80 | 01:01:38 | 04:59:39 | 03:12:38 | 09:20:40 | |
Ellis, Mary Beth | USA | 9 | 81 | 00:54:56 | 05:00:04 | 03:21:24 | 09:20:46 | |
Torre, Alejandro | MEX | 15 | 82 | 01:00:21 | 05:11:16 | 03:03:08 | 09:21:01 | |
Gleeson, Dylan | CAN | 14 | 83 | 01:03:08 | 04:49:30 | 03:23:49 | 09:21:43 | |
Thomas, Christopher | USA | 6 | 84 | 01:01:00 | 05:06:00 | 03:07:59 | 09:21:59 | |
Fr�hauf, Steffen Alexander | GER | 15 | 85 | 01:03:39 | 04:57:14 | 03:15:50 | 09:22:00 | |
Cordovez, Pedro | PAN | 16 | 86 | 01:03:21 | 04:59:30 | 03:13:40 | 09:22:20 | |
Prouzet, Ludo | FRA | 17 | 87 | 01:05:26 | 04:56:09 | 03:13:31 | 09:22:26 | |
Sloan, Chuck | USA | 18 | 88 | 01:01:42 | 05:02:51 | 03:05:52 | 09:22:32 | |
Reboul, Gilles | FRA | 1 | 89 | 01:00:34 | 05:00:00 | 03:16:30 | 09:22:59 | |
Kerr, Justin | NZL | 19 | 90 | 01:13:16 | 04:45:32 | 03:17:20 | 09:23:09 | |
Gross, Christian | DEU | 20 | 91 | 01:10:33 | 04:54:55 | 03:10:50 | 09:23:12 | |
Baugh, Ryan | AUS | 21 | 92 | 00:59:11 | 05:07:03 | 03:09:44 | 09:23:15 | |
Jansen, Mark | AUS | 7 | 93 | 01:05:34 | 04:57:46 | 03:13:24 | 09:23:33 | |
Blatchford, Liz | AUS | 10 | 94 | 00:54:59 | 05:13:30 | 03:10:16 | 09:23:34 | |
Young, Adriel | AUS | 9 | 95 | 00:56:26 | 05:04:19 | 03:18:03 | 09:23:37 | |
Loveridge, Peter | AUS | 22 | 96 | 00:58:21 | 05:13:19 | 03:05:07 | 09:23:41 | |
Billa, Pierre | FRA | 16 | 97 | 00:56:05 | 05:10:54 | 03:10:36 | 09:23:52 | |
Rancie, Chris | AUS | 17 | 98 | 01:06:29 | 05:00:21 | 03:09:35 | 09:24:15 | |
Bobadilla, Vicente | CHL | 8 | 99 | 01:00:48 | 05:08:09 | 03:06:29 | 09:24:43 | |
Abraham, Corinne | GBR | 11 | 100 | 01:06:26 | 05:11:45 | 03:02:47 | 09:25:04 |
바이크 코스 레코드가 바로 앞에 있었는데...!!
Crowie의 Come back은 별 소득없이..ㅠㅠ
루키 시즌에 이정도인데..ㅎㄷㄷ
다니엘라 리프가 내년엔 어떻게 진화할 지 벌써 기대가 됩니다..!!
바이크 실력을 키워야 하는 과제를 안은...리니..!!
키엔르는 자세로 봐선 런은 더 좋아지기 힘들 듯..!!
써프라이즈...벤 호프만...프로가 수건두르고 달리는 건 첨봐요..ㅋ
이런 자세로 달리니...14분 갭을 유지하지 못하지요..ㅠㅠ
디펜딩 챔프 리드는 8등에 그칩니다.
언제 봐도 명품 러닝입니다..*^.^*
여자부 3위 레이첼 조이스...자세 손 좀 봐야겠어요..!!
첫댓글 바람이 없다면 하와이의 싸이클 코스는 변별력이 거의 없는 평이하다고까지 할 수 있는데..
늘 예측불허의 바람이 함께 한다는 것이 변수입니다.
올해는 유난히 거센 바람이 불었다고 하는데...프로들도 상당한 갭이 생길 정도이니...
Age group 선수들은 아주 힘든 싸이클이 되었을 듯 합니다.
Big island의 바람은 우리가 상상하는 수준을 월등히 초과하기에
경험해 보지 않고는 짐작조차 할 수 없습니다...^^;;
Kienle처럼 파워와 페달링을 겸비한 진정한 싸이클 강자만이 살아남은 듯 하군요..!!
바람이 아니었다면 어마어마한 싸이클기록이 나올 뻔 했을 듯..!!
이제는 한물 갔지만..(올해 구례에 온다고 했다가 펑크내고..)
Macca처럼 올림픽코스의 강자가 IM을 제패하는 경우가 그동안은 흔치 않았습니다.
이전에는 올림픽코스와 IM은 서로 다른 종목이었었는데요..
올해 고메즈가 IM 70.3 월챔에 등극했고,
2위를 한 프로데노가 IM에서도 Top 랭커의 경쟁력을 보여주었고,
여자부도 ITU 베테랑이자 IM 70.3 월챔인 리프의 선전으로
이제 IM도 올림픽코스 강자들의 대거 진출과 스피드 경쟁이 본격화 될 것으로 전망됩니다.
고메즈가 올해 대회기간동안
코치와 함께 하와이에 체류함으로써 그의 IM 데뷔도 멀지 않은 듯 합니다.
보는 재미가 점점..*^.^*