2012 Olympic Triathlon Champion Nicola Spirig of Switzerland broke the Israman 113 women’s race record and Diego Van Looy of Belgium won his third straight Israman 113 Pro Men’s crown in Eilat, Israel Friday.

113 Women

Spirig won wire-to-wire with a women’s best and second--best including the men 25:08 swim split, women’s-best 2:58:17 split on the hilly bike course, and women’s-best and overall 4th-best 1:19:18 run to finish in 4:47:26 with a 36:03 margin, of victory over Katharina Grohmann of Germany and 46:07 over 3rd place finisher Hadas Mazar of Israel.

Spirig’s time was 16:32 better than the 2018 Israman 113 women's race record of 5:03:58 set by Alice Hector of Great Britain.

113 Men

Van Looy overcame a 5:16 deficit to swim leader Roee Zoarets of Israel’s 24:23 split with a men’s-best 2:42:44 bike split which earned him a 1:22 lead on Erik-Simon Strijk of Netherlands. Van Looy then blasted away from all comers with a race-best 1:12:55 half marathon that brought him to the line in 4:30:33 with a 6L52 margin of victory over Strijk (1:18:52 run) and 12:07 over 3rd place finisher Zoarets.

The victory completed an Israman 113-distance three-peat for Van Looy, who won in 2018 in 4:11:46 and in 2019 with a time of 4:33:52.

226 Men

Omri Gazit of Israel won his first Israman Ironman-distance 226 pro men’s title in 9:47:27 with an 8:17 margin of victory over fellow Israeli and 2017 Israman 226 winner Dan Alterman and 13:26 over third-place finisher Amit Shaked who made it a 1-2-3 Israeli men’s finish.

226 Women

Antonina Reznikov of Israel, who won this race in 2019, 2018 and 2016, crossed the line in 10:29:30 with a 2 hour and 53 seconds margin of victory over fellow Israeli pro Irena Mazin.

Israman 226 and 113
Eilat, Israel
January 31, 2020

113
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Pro Men

1. Diego Von Looy (BEL) 4:30:33 S 29:39 T1 3:38 B 2:42:44 T2 1:39 R 1:12:55
2. Erik-Simon Strijk (NED) 4:37:25 S 27:04 T1 27:04 B 2:46:37 T2 1:31 R 1:18:52
3. Roee Zoarets (ISR) 4:42:40 S 24:23 T1 3:27 B 2:54:25 T2 1:00 R 1:18:28
4. Andrei Vrabii (MDA) 4:50:23 S 30:52 T1 4:48 B 2:50:41 T2 1:05 R 1:22:58
5. Dan Kony Ovchinikov (ISR) 4:57:24 S 27:02 T1 4:22 B 3:00:15 T2 00:45 R 1:25:03

Pro Women

1. Nicola Spirig (SUI) 4:47:26 S 25:08 T1 3:55 B 2:58:17 T2 00:49 R 1:19:18
2. Katharina Grohmann (GER) 5:23:29 S 34:45 T1 4:41 B 3:11:01 T2 1:23 R 1:31:40
3. Hadas Mazar (ISR) 5:37:33 S 35:45 T1 6:19 B 3:19:23 T2 1:26 R 1:34:42
4. Hila Cohen (ISR) 6:04:24 S 37:59 T1 6:33 B 3:41:54 T2 1:36 R 1:36:24
5. Meyer Inbar Zahavi (ISR) 6:12:59 S 36:16 T1 6:44 B 3:37:16 T2 1:15 R 1:51:30

226
S 2.4 mi. / B 112 mi. / R 26.2 mi.

Pro Men

1. Omri Gazit (ISR) 9:47:27 S 53:31 T1 5:07 B 5:31:37 T2 1:37 R 3:15:37
2. Dan Alterman (ISR) 9:55:44 S 55:57 T1 4:41 B 5:47:21 T2 1:41 R 3:06:06
3. Amit Shaked (ISR) 10:00:53 S 1:01:30 T1 5:29 B 5:41:06 T2 1:36 R 3:11:14
4. Tom Marmarelli (ISR) 10:02:04 S 56:42 T1 6:34 B 5:49:44 T2 1:36 R 3:07:30
5. Roi Milman (ISR) 10:14:47 S 1:10:34 T1 5:07 B 5:43:56 T2 1:03 R 3:14:19

Pro Women

1. Antonina Reznikov (ISR) 10:29:30 S 1:09:40 T1 6:47 B 5:4419 T2 2:30 R 3:26:13
2, Irena Mazin (ISR) 12:30:23 S 1:19:37 T1 9:06 B 6:45:37 T2 6:50 R 4:09:50