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Croneborg combined a 2nd-fastest 48:14 swim, 2nd-best 4:13:34 bike split and 3rd-best 2:53:34 marathon to finish in a race-record 8:03:21 time, which gave him an 8:02 margin of victory over runner-up Dougal Allan and 20:26 over fellow New Zealander and 3rd-place finisher Guy Crawford.
In ideal conditions, Croneborg’s winning time was 13 minutes better than the previous course record set by Dylan McNeice of New Zealand in 2013.
Ritchie Nicholls of Great Britain led the swim in 48:11 which gave him a 3 seconds lead on Croneborg, 4 seconds on Crawford, 5:43 on Karol Dzalaj of Slovakia, 5:48 on Allan and Till Schramm of Germany, 5:52 on Denis Sketako of Slovenia, and 5:55 on Petr Vabrousek of the Czech Republic.
While Nicholls DNF the bike leg, Guy Crawford seized the lead with a race-best 4:13:27 bike split which gave him a 6 seconds lead on Croneborg (4:13:34 bike split) and 8:20 on Allan (4:16:00 bike split.). The rest of the field, led by Karol Dzalaj (4:25:20 bike split) and Denis Sketako (4:31:18 bike split) was 17 minutes and more arrears.
Allan made the strongest effort to erase his deficit, but his race-best 2:52:57 run could only take back 37 seconds from Croneborg and left him 8:02 behind the winner. After his brave surge to the lead at T2, Crawford could only manage a 3:13:41 marathon which left him 20:26 behind the winner and 7:35 ahead of 4th place finisher Sketako.
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In ideal conditions, Croneborg’s winning time was 13 minutes better than the previous course record set by Dylan McNeice of New Zealand in 2013.
Ritchie Nicholls of Great Britain led the swim in 48:11 which gave him a 3 seconds lead on Croneborg, 4 seconds on Crawford, 5:43 on Karol Dzalaj of Slovakia, 5:48 on Allan and Till Schramm of Germany, 5:52 on Denis Sketako of Slovenia, and 5:55 on Petr Vabrousek of the Czech Republic.
While Nicholls DNF the bike leg, Guy Crawford seized the lead with a race-best 4:13:27 bike split which gave him a 6 seconds lead on Croneborg (4:13:34 bike split) and 8:20 on Allan (4:16:00 bike split.). The rest of the field, led by Karol Dzalaj (4:25:20 bike split) and Denis Sketako (4:31:18 bike split) was 17 minutes and more arrears.
Allan made the strongest effort to erase his deficit, but his race-best 2:52:57 run could only take back 37 seconds from Croneborg and left him 8:02 behind the winner. After his brave surge to the lead at T2, Crawford could only manage a 3:13:41 marathon which left him 20:26 behind the winner and 7:35 ahead of 4th place finisher Sketako.
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