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Hoffman combined a 4th-fastest 49:50 swim, 2nd-best 4:29:50 bike split and a race-best 2:45:50 run to finish in 8:12:37, with a 2:14 margin of victory over Tim van Berkel of Australia and 6:15 over 3rd-place finisher Marko Albert of Estonia. Hoffman trailed swim leader Albert by 21 seconds and bike leader Bas Diederen of Netherlands by 3:04 before breaking away from co-leader Tim van Berkel at kilometer 29 of the run.
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Lehtonen combined a women’s 4th-best 58:21 swim, 4th-fastest 4:59:41 bike leg and women's best 3:02:34 marathon to finish in 9:06:50, with a 2:59 margin of victory over Susie Cheetham of Great Britain and a 4:53 advantage over 3rd-place finisher Lucy Gossage of Great Britain. Lehtonen overcame a 6:10 deficit to Jodie Swallow after the swim and a 12 minute deficit to Annabel Luxford after the bike leg with a women’s-best 3:03:34 run that brought her past Luxford at 30km into the run.
The win adds to Lehtonen’s 2015 European Triathlon Union middle distance championship in 2015 and silver at the 2014 ITU long distance World Championship.
Women
Jodie Swallow led the women's swim in 52:11 which gave her a 3:56 lead over Annabel Luxford, 6:05 on Dede Griesbauer of the U.S., 6:10 on Kaisa Lehtonen of Finland and Susie Cheetham of Great Britain, 6:12 on Darbi Roberts of the U.S., 6:42 on Bianca Steurer of Austria, 11:09 on Annah Watkinson of South Africa, and 11:09 on Lucy Gossage of Great Britain.
At the turnaround at 90km, Swallow led Luxford by 1:30, Lehtonen by 11:45, Cheetham by 14:09, Gossage by 15:15, Griesbauer by 17:20 and Asa Lundström of Sweden by 18:17.
A short time later, Swallow took a hard fall which hurt her elbow and surrendered the lead to Luxford. By 135km, Luxford led Swallow by 1:54, Lehtonen by 11:36, Gossage by 14:41, Cheetham by 15:22 and Lundstrom by 17:27.
After a by-far women’s best 4:49:17 bike split, Luxford led at T2 by 7 minutes over Swallow (5:00 bike split), 12 minutes over Lehtonen (4:59:41 bike split), 14 minutes over Gossage (4:56:10 bike split), 16 minutes over Lundstrom (4:58:18 bike split) and 17 minutes over Cheetham (5:04:26 bike split).
After 5k of the run, Luxford led Lehtonen by 11:02, Gossage by 12:21 and Cheetham by 14:26.
After 30 minutes struggling with a very sore elbow from the bike crash, Jodie Swallow withdrew from the race.
By 18km, Luxford was fading and Lehtonen was charging, cutting her deficit to 5:53. Cheetham was gaining too and trailed the leader by 8:54, Gossage by 9:58. By the 23km mark, Lehtonen cut her deficit to Luxford to 2:14, Lehtonen then sped by her Australian rival by 28km and raised her lead to 3:45 over Susie Cheetham at 33km.
The win adds to Lehtonen’s 2015 European Triathlon Union middle distance championship in 2015 and silver at the 2014 ITU long distance World Championship.
Women
Jodie Swallow led the women's swim in 52:11 which gave her a 3:56 lead over Annabel Luxford, 6:05 on Dede Griesbauer of the U.S., 6:10 on Kaisa Lehtonen of Finland and Susie Cheetham of Great Britain, 6:12 on Darbi Roberts of the U.S., 6:42 on Bianca Steurer of Austria, 11:09 on Annah Watkinson of South Africa, and 11:09 on Lucy Gossage of Great Britain.
At the turnaround at 90km, Swallow led Luxford by 1:30, Lehtonen by 11:45, Cheetham by 14:09, Gossage by 15:15, Griesbauer by 17:20 and Asa Lundström of Sweden by 18:17.
A short time later, Swallow took a hard fall which hurt her elbow and surrendered the lead to Luxford. By 135km, Luxford led Swallow by 1:54, Lehtonen by 11:36, Gossage by 14:41, Cheetham by 15:22 and Lundstrom by 17:27.
After a by-far women’s best 4:49:17 bike split, Luxford led at T2 by 7 minutes over Swallow (5:00 bike split), 12 minutes over Lehtonen (4:59:41 bike split), 14 minutes over Gossage (4:56:10 bike split), 16 minutes over Lundstrom (4:58:18 bike split) and 17 minutes over Cheetham (5:04:26 bike split).
After 5k of the run, Luxford led Lehtonen by 11:02, Gossage by 12:21 and Cheetham by 14:26.
After 30 minutes struggling with a very sore elbow from the bike crash, Jodie Swallow withdrew from the race.
By 18km, Luxford was fading and Lehtonen was charging, cutting her deficit to 5:53. Cheetham was gaining too and trailed the leader by 8:54, Gossage by 9:58. By the 23km mark, Lehtonen cut her deficit to Luxford to 2:14, Lehtonen then sped by her Australian rival by 28km and raised her lead to 3:45 over Susie Cheetham at 33km.
