Kotsegarov combined a 7th-best 51:19 swim, a 2nd-best 4:52:35 bike split and a race-best 2:50:09 marathon to finish in 8:41:13 with am 8:50 margin of victory over Markus Thomschke of Germany and 18:37 over 3rd-place finisher Andrej Vistica of Croatia.