With athletes sent off at 30 second intervals, sixth man Leiferman was just 24 seconds behind leader TJ Tollakson’s race-best 2:05:36 split for the 56-mile bike leg, 57 seconds ahead of Sam Appleton of Australia, 1:12 ahead of two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion Michael Raelert of Germany, and 1:29 ahead of Joe Gambles of Australia. Almost out of range were a quintet of U.S. competitors - Sam Long (2:07:38), Ben Collins (2:11:16), Tripp Hipple (2:12:37), and Matt Hanson (2:12:57).

After a 3rd-best 1:15:47 half marathon, Leiferman finished in 3:23:13 with a 1:22 margin of victory over Tollakson, 2:30 on 3rd-place Matt Hanson who made up acres of ground with a race-best 1:11:13 run, and 2:45 on 4th-place Michael Raelert, who after a strong 2:07:12 bike could only muster a 5th-best 1:17:23 run.

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