Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain and Teresa Adam of New Zealand stood atop the podiums at Ironman Western Australia.
Men
Rebounding after his disappointing 21st place at Kona, two-time Olympic gold medalist Brownlee posted a race-record winning time at Ironman Western Australia.
Brownlee combined a race-best 46:29 swim, race-best 4:10:33 bike split and race-best 2:43:40 marathon to finish in 7:45:20 with a 10 minutes 20 seconds margin of victory over Matt Burton of Australia and 15:07 over 3rd place Tim van Berkel of Australia.
This performance was his second Ironman triumph coming after a 7:49:20 winning performance at Ironman Ireland at Cork in June.
Women
Teresa Adam notched her second Ironman triumph in 2019 after a win at Ironman Cairns in June. Adam broke the Busselton women’s bike and course record with a 4:32:53 split on her way to an 8:38:43 finish which gave her a 3:59 margin of victory over Sarah Piampiano of the U.S. and 10:58 over 3rd place finisher Gurutz Frades of Spain.
Adam’s bike split broke Mareen Hufe's previous women’s bike record by 9 minutes and Caroline Steffen's previous course record by 12 minutes. Gurutz Frades set the day’s women’s-best run with a 2:58:34 mark which fell 34 seconds short of Beth McKenzie’s race record 2:58:17 set in 2014.
Adam’s win was her second Ironman victory of 2019, coming after a win at Ironman Cairns in June.
Ironman Western Australia
Busselton, Western Australia
December 1, 2019
S 2.4mi. / B 112 mi. / R 26.2 mi.
Results
Men
1. Alistair Brownlee 7:45:20 S 46:30 T1 2:31 B 4:10:33 T2 2:10 R 2:43:40
2. Matt Burton (AUS) 7:55:40 S 51:47 Y1 2:48 B 4:12:18 T2 2:16 R 2:46:33
3. Tim van Berkel (AUS) 8:00:27 S 49:15 T1 2:32 B 4:20:03 T2 1:49 R 2:46:49
4. Sam Appleton (AUS) 8:09:55 S 46:30 T1 2:33 B 4:10:34 T2 2:09 R 3:08:11
5. Clayton Fettell (AUS) 8:12:26 S 46:30 T1 2:31 B 4:22:50 T2 2:24 R 2:58:13
Women
1. Teresa Adam (NZL) 8:38:43 S 50:25 T1 3:09 B 4:32:53 T2 4:48 R 3:09:30
2. Sarah Piampiano (USA) 8:42:58 S 59:10 T1 3:16 B 4:38:40 T2 2:01 R 2:59:52
3. Gurutz Frades (ESP) 8:49:41 S 59:04 T1 3:00 B 4:46:14 T2 2:50 R 2:58:34
4. Katrina Matthews (AUS) 8:53:59 S 55:28 T1 2:37 B 4:42:55 T2 1:59 R 3:11:02
5. Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL) 8:57:38 S 55:24 T1 2:29 B 4:43:20 T2 2:19 R 3:14:03
