Aussies Chris McCormack and Michelle Wu dominated the men’s and women’s elite fields at Ironman 70.3 Taiwan Saturday.

McCormack, the two-time Ironman World Champion and 1997 ITU Olympic distance World titlist, raced head to head with Hideo Fukui on the swim (27:12 to 27:13) and bike 2:03:21 to 2:03:15) before breaking away on the run to finish in 3:54:47 with a 3:49 margin of victory over the Japanese pro.

McCormack’s 1:20:55 run was second fastest to Swedish pro Frederik Croneborg’s 1:18:37 half marathon, which propelled him to third place, 4:47 back of the winner.

Michelle Wu trailed Maki Nishiuchi by 33 seconds coming out of the swim before taking command with a women’s race-best bike and run to hit the finish line with an 4:31:55 time which was 24:22 ahead of the Japanese pro.

Ironman 70.3 Taiwan
November 5, 2011
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Pro results

Men

1. Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:54:47
2. Hideo Fukui (JPN) 3:58:44
3. Frederik Croneborg ( ) 3:59:34
4. Eneko Elosegui (ESP) 4:14:56
5. Hirotsugu Kuwabara (JPN) 4:15:16
6. Erich Felbabel (HKG) 4:19:434
7. Jason Hsieh (HKG) 4:28:04
8. Teppei Takeuchi (JPN) 4:31:21
9. Dan Brown (PHI) 4:42:28
10. Shinya Suganuma (JPN) 4:45:19

Women

1. Michelle Wu (AUS) 4:31:55
2. Maki Nishiuchi (JPN) 4:56:17