Steffi Steinberg came into Ultraman Florida as the favorite based on her previous performances, including a 10th overall at the 2016 edition of Ironman Western Australia. Steinberg, 35, fulfilled that promise with an overall time of 24:55:13 which broke the previous Ultraman Florida record set by Julie Shelley in 2014 by 32 minutes and 53 seconds.

Steinberg opened the event with a women’s 2nd-fastest 3:16:02 swim and a by-far women's-best bike split of 4:35:05. That gave her a Day 1 total of 7:51:07 and a 12 minutes lead on Jamie Harris of the U.S. and a 57:29 advantage on Jessica Anderson of the U.S.

Steinberg broke the women’s contest wide open with a Day 2 bike split of 8:58:59 which was 27:56 better than Anderson and 1:04:37 better than Harris. Steinberg thus began the final day’s double marathon with a 1:13:37 lead on Harris and a 1:25:25 advantage on Anderson.

Steinberg finished with a women’s-best 8:05:07 run and a 3-day total of 24:55:13 which gave her a 2:14:59 margin of victory over Harris and 3:10:01 over Harris.

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