Patrick Long, the successful defence of the title. While Sebastian Kienle has to hurt to give up, to succeed Long historical track record. After the finish line, he makes for another Surprise.
7:52:39 hours. Patrick triathlete has Long defended his title at the Ironman world championship in Hawaii with a fabulous record, and the German winning streak continued in an impressive manner. In perfect conditions, the 32-Year-old cracked Swimming the 3.8 km, 180 km Cycling and 42.195 km Run is the first “iron man”, the Eight-hour mark. In the target he made with his girlfriend Jule, a marriage proposal.
“It is unbelievable. Thank you for the energy out there, thank you Germany,” said Long in the ZDF. The decision was made as in the previous year in the final Marathon. The strong runners went for a Long walk with a gap of 6:46 minutes to the leading Australian Cameron Wurf on the track, took over 25 km before the goal but for the first time, the leadership, and not give this until the end. Long Bart Aernouts (+4:02 minutes) and Britain’s David McNamee (+8:30) won ahead of the Belgian. It was the fifth German victory in the Ironman Mecca in the series.
A fair gesture when Overtaking: Long throw, high-five
Kienle must give up
Jan Frodeno, 2015 and 2016 Hawaii Champion, and because of the services this season of the real Top favorite, to be able to watch because of a stress fracture in the hip only. Sebastian Kienle, had to be initiated in 2014, the German series, with its success, gave up – apparently due to a problem with the Achilles tendon. Like every year, the most important day of the year, started for a Long time, Kienle and the other Top Starter in the morning. Around 6.35 PM local time, they took their “bath” in the Pacific ocean, whose currents are, however, not to relax invited. Frodeno would still have liked to be in the middle of it. “It hurts a little bit,” said the 37-Year-old: “it’s part of It but as a professional, to then come to the starting line.”
The first stage of the seemingly endless day demanded physical hard work and concentration, Josh Amberger mastered this challenge the best and fastest. After 47:39 minutes emerged from the Australian floods, dense, Maurice Clavel, 30 years old from Offenburg, for the first time at the world Cup followed by:.
For a long time with unusually weak for a Swim
Long missed a clear connection to the Top group, surprisingly, and was Swimming just under three minutes behind Amberger. The strong cyclist Kienle, a training partner of Clavel, followed, as expected for a Long time – however, only a few seconds. And he was allowed to as part of success in the duel with the unloved a Long time to interpret. Kienle had accused his compatriot before the race, to ride on the wheel longer than allowed in the wind shadow, to “suck”. Therefore, have a Long time in the past year to the final and triumphant attack. The 32-Year-old also drove this time controlled, and for a long time, however, conform to the rules behind his friend, Andreas Dreitz, kept the pace high.
Had to go to the beginning of the second part of the route because of a defect in the rear wheel and as a result, several minutes lost, he could not catch up in the further course. At the same time was the residue in the top group for his conditions at the boundaries: After 95 km it was four and a half minutes, until the Marathon, he grew more – and still wasn’t big enough, the how unleashed the current Long stop.
Ryf wins fourth title in a row
Ten minutes backlog: Ironman world champion Ryf
For women, the British woman Lucy Charles made for an exciting race. The Topschwimmerin attracted from the Start, the pace and distanced all competitors. With around ten minutes ahead of she moved on the wheel. Daniela Ryf, the great favourite, showed only a weak swimming performance, she came with a jellyfish in contact. On the wheel, however, the Swiss turned patiently the tables and reached the First to the second exchange. On the track you could be not a competitor to be dangerous. Ryf also won with a new course record of 8:26:18 hours in front of Charles and the German Anne Haug. Haug, as a strong runner known, pushed in the Marathon place to place up and can now look forward with its Hawaii-Premiere on the podium.
jk (sid,dpa)