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Carfrae combined a 59:15 swim, a sizzling 4:47:39 bike split and a 2:49:06 marathon to finish in 8:41:17, which was 1:25 better than Corbin’s 2014 mark and is the 11th-fastest women’s Ironman-distance time in history. Carfrae finished 16:06 in front of runner-up Michaela Herlbauer of Austria and 30:30 ahead of 3rd-place finisher Elisabeth Gruber of Austria.
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Men
Thiago Vinhal of Brazil led a slower-than-usual swim in Lake Wörthersee with a 52:34 split. This gave him a 2:46 lead on Antony Costes of France, who led a closely placed pack of seven which included 7-time Kärnten winner Vanhoenacker, Alessandro Degasperi of Italy, Ironman rookie Paul Reitmayr of Austria, Xavier Torrades of Spain, Gergo Molnar of Hungary, and 3-time Ironman Austria winner Viktor Zyemtsev of Ukraine. Potential challengers further off the pace included Davide Plese of Slovenia (+5:56), Christian Birngruber of Austria (+6:23), Michael Weiss of Austria (+6:26), and Bart Aernouts of Belgium (+6:58).
Vanhoenacker made quick work of Vinhal, taking a 4 and 6 seconds lead on Costes and Reitmayr by 23 km with Zyemtsev first chaser at +1.29, followed by Degasperi, Molnar and Torrades 2 and a half minutes arrears. Strong cyclists Weiss and Plese began a surge at 4-plus minutes. Halfway through the speedy bike leg, Costes, Reitmayr and Vanhoenacker worked together to open up a 3:53 lead on Plese and Weiss, 10:42 on Zyemtsev and 11:20 on the Aernouts, Degasperi and Birngruber trio.
Thiago Vinhal of Brazil led a slower-than-usual swim in Lake Wörthersee with a 52:34 split. This gave him a 2:46 lead on Antony Costes of France, who led a closely placed pack of seven which included 7-time Kärnten winner Vanhoenacker, Alessandro Degasperi of Italy, Ironman rookie Paul Reitmayr of Austria, Xavier Torrades of Spain, Gergo Molnar of Hungary, and 3-time Ironman Austria winner Viktor Zyemtsev of Ukraine. Potential challengers further off the pace included Davide Plese of Slovenia (+5:56), Christian Birngruber of Austria (+6:23), Michael Weiss of Austria (+6:26), and Bart Aernouts of Belgium (+6:58).
Vanhoenacker made quick work of Vinhal, taking a 4 and 6 seconds lead on Costes and Reitmayr by 23 km with Zyemtsev first chaser at +1.29, followed by Degasperi, Molnar and Torrades 2 and a half minutes arrears. Strong cyclists Weiss and Plese began a surge at 4-plus minutes. Halfway through the speedy bike leg, Costes, Reitmayr and Vanhoenacker worked together to open up a 3:53 lead on Plese and Weiss, 10:42 on Zyemtsev and 11:20 on the Aernouts, Degasperi and Birngruber trio.
