Gemmell, Ellis in Singapore
Written by: Timothy Carlson
Date: Sat Mar 19 2011
New Zealand’s Kris Gemmell, a man with four ITU World Cup wins and 16 World Cup podiums and a $50,000 2nd place at the 2010 Hy-Vee ITU World Cup, won his debut Ironman 70.3 against a strong international field at Singapore Sunday. Gemmell’s better swim (race-best 27:44) and James Cunnama’s better bike (2nd-best 2:02:49) left the two men starting the run together. By the end, Gemmell’s ITU-honed, race-best 1:13:40 half marathon bested Cunnama’s second-best 1:14:24 run by just enough to give him his 49-seconds margin of victory in winning time of 3:50:56.
Pete Jacobs of Australia, the man who posted a race-best, low-2:41 marathon at Ironman Hawaii to finish 9th, could only manage a 3rd-best 1:16:59 run and had to settle for 3rd place overall. Patrick Vernay of New Caledonia was 4th in 3:55:50 and Faris Al-Sultan, coming off a hard day in Abu Dhabi last weekend, took 5th in 3:56:13.
In a similarly small but equally excellent pro women’s field, Mary Beth Ellis of the United States, the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship silver medalist, ran down fellow American Amy Marsh for a 1 minute 26-seconds margin of victory in a winning time of 4:21:06. Michelle Wu of Australia struggled mightily to overcome her molasses-slow 34:08 swim, but her 4th-best 2:18:04 bike and 2nd-best 1:28:46 run brought her home in 3rd place, 4:25 behind Ellis and 2:59 behind Marsh.
Ironman 70.3 World Champion Jodie Swallow of Great Britain, who won this event in 2009 and placed second in Singapore a year ago, seemed to be in contention through the bike, but was not listed among the first 8 finishers.
The 5th running of the Ironman 70.3 Singapore drew a sold-out field of 1,753 entries.
Pete Jacobs of Australia, the man who posted a race-best, low-2:41 marathon at Ironman Hawaii to finish 9th, could only manage a 3rd-best 1:16:59 run and had to settle for 3rd place overall. Patrick Vernay of New Caledonia was 4th in 3:55:50 and Faris Al-Sultan, coming off a hard day in Abu Dhabi last weekend, took 5th in 3:56:13.
In a similarly small but equally excellent pro women’s field, Mary Beth Ellis of the United States, the 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Championship silver medalist, ran down fellow American Amy Marsh for a 1 minute 26-seconds margin of victory in a winning time of 4:21:06. Michelle Wu of Australia struggled mightily to overcome her molasses-slow 34:08 swim, but her 4th-best 2:18:04 bike and 2nd-best 1:28:46 run brought her home in 3rd place, 4:25 behind Ellis and 2:59 behind Marsh.
Ironman 70.3 World Champion Jodie Swallow of Great Britain, who won this event in 2009 and placed second in Singapore a year ago, seemed to be in contention through the bike, but was not listed among the first 8 finishers.
The 5th running of the Ironman 70.3 Singapore drew a sold-out field of 1,753 entries.
Ironman 70.3 Singapore
Singapore / March 20, 2011
S 1.2 m / B 56 m / R 13.1 m
Results
Pro men
1. Kris Gemmell (NZL) 3:50:56
2. James Cunnama (RSA) 3:51:45
3. Pete Jacobs (AUS) 3:54:25
4. Patrick Vernay (NCL) 3:55:50
5. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 3:56:13
6. Hideo Fukui (JPN) 3:56:32
7. Christian Kemp (AUS) 3:57:00
8. Scott Nyedli (GBR) 3:58:25
9. David Dellow (AUS) 4:00:08
10. Balazs Csoke (HUN) 4:02:38
Pro Women
1. Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 4:21:06
2. Amy Marsh (USA) 4:22:32
3. Michelle Wu (AUS) 4:25:31
4. Maki Nishiuchi (JPN) 4:31:11
5. Rachael Paxton (AUS) 4:36:52
6. Kirsten Molloy (AUS) 4:37:48
7. Rachael Smith (4:41:17) 4:41:17
8. Emma Ruth Smith (GBR) 4:43:56
Singapore / March 20, 2011
S 1.2 m / B 56 m / R 13.1 m
Results
Pro men
1. Kris Gemmell (NZL) 3:50:56
2. James Cunnama (RSA) 3:51:45
3. Pete Jacobs (AUS) 3:54:25
4. Patrick Vernay (NCL) 3:55:50
5. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 3:56:13
6. Hideo Fukui (JPN) 3:56:32
7. Christian Kemp (AUS) 3:57:00
8. Scott Nyedli (GBR) 3:58:25
9. David Dellow (AUS) 4:00:08
10. Balazs Csoke (HUN) 4:02:38
Pro Women
1. Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 4:21:06
2. Amy Marsh (USA) 4:22:32
3. Michelle Wu (AUS) 4:25:31
4. Maki Nishiuchi (JPN) 4:31:11
5. Rachael Paxton (AUS) 4:36:52
6. Kirsten Molloy (AUS) 4:37:48
7. Rachael Smith (4:41:17) 4:41:17
8. Emma Ruth Smith (GBR) 4:43:56
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Comments
Singapore isn't in China
Reviewed by: Danson Cheong, Mar 20 2011 5:20AM
Just like to point out that Singapore isn't in China, I raced the Aviva Ironman today and have been living in Singapore my whole life. I might be wrong but, I'm pretty sure Singapore is a long way off from China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
Mistake
Reviewed by: Eugene, Mar 20 2011 3:53AM
Not a bad article. but please get your facts right. Singapore is not in China.
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Reviewed by: Brian Ng, Mar 20 2011 12:57AM
Correction. Singapore is not in China. Singapore is situated in South East Asia, just below Malaysia.
Result list
Reviewed by: Balazs Csoke, Mar 19 2011 10:47PM
Dear Slowtwich!
Please correct the result lst of Ironman 7O.3 Singapore,me,Balazs Csoke finished 1Oth,just lost my chip during the swim!
You can check the result on ironman.com,under athlete tracker! just filter pro man!
thanks,
Balazs
Please correct the result lst of Ironman 7O.3 Singapore,me,Balazs Csoke finished 1Oth,just lost my chip during the swim!
You can check the result on ironman.com,under athlete tracker! just filter pro man!
thanks,
Balazs
