Sam Long overcame a 3:25 deficit after the swim with race-best bike and second-best run to finish in 3:37:55 with a 4:10 margin over Richard Varga of Slovakia and 4:28 over Fabian Reuter of Germany. Long then unleashed a dominating, race-best 1:58:08 bike split that gave him 1:52 lead over Varga, 1:57 over Jan Stratmann of Germany, 3:03 over Paul Ruttman and 4:01 over Kacper Stepniak of Poland. Long sealed the deal with a second-fastest 1:09:31 half marathon that brought him to the finish in 3:37:55 with a 4:10 margin over Varga and 4:28 over 3rd-place finisher Fabian Reuter of Germany (race-best 1:09:25 run split).
Imogen Simmonds of Switzerland won wire-to-wire at Ironman 70.3 Gdynia. Starting with a race-best 24:29 swim split which gave her a slim one and two seconds lead over Sara Svensk of Sweden and Rosie Weston of Great Britain, Simmonds took control with a women’s-best 2:15:01 bike split that gave her a 3:52 lead over Caroline Pohl of Germany and 5:10 over Svensk at T2. Simmonds then wrapped up her dominating race with a 4th-fastest 1:22:11 half marathon that brought her to the line in 4:07:38 with a 2:20 margin over Svensk (1:19:04 run) and 3:43 over 3rd-place finisher Aleksandra Jedrzejewska of Poland.
Ironman 70.3 Gdynia
Gdynia, Poland
August 7, 2022
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Pro Men
1. Sam Long (USA) S 25:14 T1 2:27 B 2:01:06 T2 NA R 1:09:31 TOT 3:37:55
2. Richard Varga (SVK?) S 21:49 T1 2:28 B 2:01:19 T2 NA R 1:13:33 TOT 3:42:05
3. Fabian Reuter (GER) S 23:30 T1 2:25 B 2:04:18 T2 2:45 R 1:09:25 TOT 3:42:23
4. Kacper Stepniak (POL) S 23:23 T1 2:22 B 2:04:05 T2 2:24 R 1:11:25 TOT 3:43:39
5. Jan Stratman (GER) S 22:19 T1 2:28 B 2:02:59 T2 2:22 R 1:14:18 TOT 3:44:26
Pro Women
1. Imogen Simmonds (SUI) S 24:29 T1 3:06 B 2:15:01 T2 2:51 R 1:22:11 TOT 4:07:38
2. Sara Svensk (SWE) S 27:25 T1 2:41 B 2:17:40 T2 3:08 R 1:19:04 TOT 4:09:58
3. Aleksandra Jedrzejewska (POL) S 26:48 T1 2:30 B 2:22:16 T2 2:37 R 1:17:10 TOT 4:11:21
4. Caroline Pohle (GER) S 24:30 T1 2:39 B 2:19:19 T2 2:46 R 1:22:57 TOT 4:12:11
5. Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN) S 26:40 T1 2:40 B 2:20:41 T2 2:43 R 1:21:47 TOT 4:14:31
