The Sparkling Eyes of My Roots - Ironman Triathlon

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2 Top Three men pete jacobs australia • 08:18:37 At only 30 years old, Pete Jacobs already has four top-10 finishes at the IRON- MAN World Championship. His second-place finish in 2011 prepared him for this year’s race where he claimed his first IRONMAN World Championship title. Jacobs has been solid this season with four wins at IRONMAN qualifying races — including his third consecutive win at the brutally hot Cobra Energy Drink IRONMAN 70.3 Philippines—and second place at IRONMAN Lake Placid behind Andy Potts. He’s had the fastest run split the last two years, going 2:41:05 in 2010 (third-fastest ever) and 2:42:29 last year. This year, he had the third fastest run split and an improved bike, which gave him the edge he needed to claim the title. aNDReas RaeLeRt Germany • 08:23:40 In 2012 Andreas Raelert continued to show that he only knows the podium when it comes to the IRONMAN World Championship. He returned to Kona, where he took third place last year, and secured second-place at this year’s event. With his result, it became the second time (2010 and 2012) the German has finished in the number two spot. He also has two third-place finishes in Kona, coming in 2009 (IRONMAN World Championship debut) and in 2011. In 2012, Raelert raced the Frankfurter Sparkasse IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt, finishing fourth after a crash on the bike. His 2012 IRONMAN World Championship race had the added bonus of his brother, Michael, racing with him. After maintaining a strong pace with the lead group throughout bike course, including the likes of Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) and the eventual champion Pete Jacobs (AUS), Raelert put together the third-fastest run-split of the day and secured his spot at this year’s IRONMAN World Championship. FReDeRIK VaN LIeRDe belgium • 08:24:09 After last year’s IRONMAN World Championship didn’t turn out the way that he had hoped for, Frederik Van Lierde went into the 2011 offseason with a desire to educate himself and improve on the racing tactics that had plagued him in the past. His updated training and preparation paid off as he began the 2012 season with an impressive third-place finish, behind the performances of Craig Alexander (AUS) and Cameron Brown (NZL), at the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne. He followed that up by defending his title at the 2012 IRONMAN France – Nice. His early season success provided Van Lierde with the experience as well as recovery time that would help him to have one of his best performances to date at this year’s IRONMAN World Championship. The Belgian would be tested throughout the day but was able to overcome his mental and physical obstacles. His performance, including the fourth-fastest run-split of the day, propelled him to take third place at this year’s IRONMAN World Championship. 2012 Ironman World ChampIonshIp results
Top Three women LeaNDa caVe Great britain • 09:15:54 Leanda Cave had another smashing season-ending race schedule. After the best stretch of racing in her career at the end of 2011—including third place at the IRON- MAN World Championship and a win at IRONMAN Arizona—she came out with the same track for success and performed in dominating fashion. Five weeks after winning the IRONMAN World Championship 70.3, Cave showed up in Kona and had a day for the ages, winning the 2012 IRONMAN World Championship with a time of 9:15:54. She not only won, but became the second person in IRONMAN history, and first female, to win the IRONMAN World Championship 70.3 and IRONMAN World Championship in the same year. The early part of the 2012 season was a rollercoaster for Cave, with a couple fourth places at IRONMAN 70.3 Panama and Wildflower, a win at Escape From Alcatraz and then a minor injury. Yet no one would have thought, after such setbacks, that Cave would go on to have two of the most dominating months of her career. “I have to keep my eye on the prize, which is Kona,” Cave said in a pre-race interview. She did just that as in one of the toughest women’s World Championship races to date, Cave fended off competition from Caroline Steffen (SUI), Mirinda Carfrae (AUS), Rachel Joyce (GBR) and Mary Beth Ellis (USA) to claim her first World Championship title. caRoLINe steFFeN switzerland • 09:16:58 Caroline “Xena” Steffen’s experience at the IRONMAN World Championship only ran two years deep prior to 2012, but in the latest edition of the race, Steffen showed why she is always one to contend for a podium finish. The Swiss star used her strong cycling abilities to push the lead group at this year’s event, posting the third-fastest bike split and giving the eventual champion, Leanda Cave (GBR), one of the greatest tests of her career. Though she wasn’t able to chase down the 2012 Champion, she did secure her first podium finish at the 2012 IRONMAN World Championship, finishing second for the first time. Steffen also had an amazing season in 2012, with wins at this year’s IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne, Frankfurter Sparkasse IRONMAN European Championship, and the ITU Long Distance World Championships. In Melbourne, she finished in 8:34:51, which was 55 seconds from breaking Chrissie Wellington’s fastest-ever time set in 2011. That race was highlighted by a 4:35:29 bike split, the fastest IRONMAN women’s bike ever. She was also third in the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon and fifth in IRONMAN 70.3 Austria this year. MIRINDa caRFRae australia • 09:21:41 All eyes were on Mirinda Carfrae as the 2010 World Champion looked to take the crown at the 2012 IRONMAN World Championship. The task would not be easy and the world soon learned at how hard of a test that would be for the Aussie. Though she came up just short of her ultimate goal, the IRONMAN World Championship run-course record holder was able to stay with the lead group and finish on the podium in Kona for the fourth year in a row, finishing in third place. Her 2012 season was full of highs and lows, including a third-place finish at the IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Melbourne and DNFs at the EnduraFit IRONMAN 70.3 EagleMan and the IRONMAN World Championship 70.3 in September. 2012 Ironman World ChampIonshIp results 3
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