Paulo Maciel da Silva of Brazil edged Tim Rea of Australia and Lauren Goss of the U.S. dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Cartagena in Colombia.
Da Silva combined a 5th-fastest 24:35 swim, 2nd-best 2:07:22 bike split and 3rd-quickest 1: 20:02 half marathon to finish in 3:55:29 with a 1:38 margin of victory over Tim Rea of Australia and 3:32 over 3rd place finisher Rodrigo Acevedo Van Arcken of Colombia.
Da Silva emerged from the swim in 4th place, 4 seconds behind swim leader Kevin Collington of the U.S., finished the bike leg in 2nd place, 1:11 behind Rea, and overtook Rea at the 18 kilometer mark of the run.
Goss scored a decisive wire-to-wire victory over field of four pro women. She combined race-best splits in the swim (26:38), bike (2:23:12) and run (1:29:57) to finish in 4:22:54 with a 7:41 margin of victory over Christen Brown of the U.S. and 14:42 over 3rd place finisher Susana Guillen of Panama.
Goss led the women professionals after the swim by 57 seconds over Christen Brown, pulled away to a 3:27 lead over Brown at T2, then expanded her lead to 7:42 over Brown at the finish.
Ironman 70.3 Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia
December 2, 2018
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Results
Pro Men
1. Paulo Roberto Maciel da Silva (BRA) 3:55:29 S 24:35 T1 2:07 B 2:07:22 T2 1:25 R 1:20:02
2. Tim Rea (AUS) 3:57:07 S 24:32 T1 2:13 B 2:05:57 T2 1:37 R 1:22:51
3. Rodrigo Acevedo Van Arcken (COL) 3:59:01 S 27:08 T1 1:59 B 2:10:41 T2 1:31 R 1:17:45
4. Kevin Collington (USA) 4:00:49 S 24:31 T1 2:08 B 2:09:28 T2 1:25 R 1:23:19
5. Eduar Villalta (VEN) 4:01:45 S 29:26 T1 3:19 B 2:08:52 T2 1:36 R 1:18:33
6. Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 4:05:37 S 25:16 T1 2:28 B 2:10:14 T2 1:47 R 1:25:51
Women
1. Lauren Goss (USA) 4:22:54 S 26:38 T1 2:07 B 2:23:12 T2 1:02 R 1:29:57
2. Christen Brown (USA) 4:30:35 S 27:35 T1 2:46 B 2:25:03 T2 1:25 R 1:33:58
3. Susana Guillen (PAN) 4:37:36 S 29:30 T1 2:42 B 2:29:13 T2 1:31 R 1:34:42
4. Sandra Hernandez (COL) 5:09:37 S S 29:18 T1 2:32 B 2:55:20 T2 1:24 R 1:41:05
Four women in the pro field
