Dan Alterman, Irena Mazin Win Israman 226
Dan Alterman of Israel took the Pro Men’s 226 title in 9:52:28 with a 6:51 margin over Dan Kony Ovchinikov and Israel’s Irena Mazin captured the women’s full-distance crown in 12:05:16.
Alterman’s Israman 226 win comes after a 5th in 2018, and 2nd places in 2019 and 2020. Mazin’s Israman women’s 226 victory comes after a 2nd place in 2020 and 5th place in 2019.
Antonina Reznikov finished the Women’s Professional 113 contest in 5:14:43 with a 17:16 margin over runner-up and fellow Israel competitor Hadas Mazar. Roee Zoarets finished the [rofessional men’s 113 category in 4:38:12 with a 6:25 margin over fellow Israel contestant Udi Alhanaty.
Men’s 226
Alterman began his day with a race-best 52:08 swim which gave him a 1:27 lead on Ovchinikov, 2:11 over Erez Aisenberg, 3:36 over Ofir Demlin and 7:05 over Amit Shaked. After a third-best 5:44:56 bike split, Alterman trailed Dan Kony Ovichinko (5:43:01 bike split) by 29 seconds while Shaked, Aisenberg and Ofir Demlin fell of the back. After a race-best 3:09:42 marathon, Alterman finished in 9:52:28 with 6:51 margin over Ovchinikov (second-fastest 3:15:49 marathon) and 11:27 over third place Amit Shaked (3:18:11 run split).
Women’s 226
In a fine solo performance, Irena Mazin began with a 1:13:13 swim in the Red Sea, spent 8:50 in the transition, rode 6:36:20 over the hilly bike source, spent 3:53 in transition and closed with a 4:03:03 marathon to finish in 12:05:16. Mazin’s 2022 mark was 1:35:46 slower than Antonina Reznikov’s 2020 winning time.
Pro Men’s 113
Roee Zoarets got off to a speedy start with a 2nd-best 23:22 swim. 1 second behind Eshed Itamar, and 58 seconds ahead of Emil Shakhkeldin, 2:58 on Udi Alhanaty, and 3:37 on Ori Mendel. After second-fastest 2:52:41 bike split, Zoarets trailed Alhanaty (2:51:17 bike split) by 1:34, and led Itamar by 1:27. Zoarets then secured the victory with a second-fastest 1:17:07 half marathon which brought him to the line in 4:38:12 with a 9 seconds margin over Eshed Itamar, who closed fast with a race-best 1:16:52 run split, and 6:25 over 3rd place Alhanaty (1:21:37 run).
Pro Women 113
Ronnie Zawlik led the Pro Women’s 113 swim wave with a 26:36 split which gave her a 6:11 lead on Antonina Reznikov and 7:16 on Hadas Mazar. After a women’s-best 3:06:00 bike split, Reznikov led Mazar by 12:34 and Zawlik by 27:27. After a by-far-best run split of 1:28:22, Reznikov finished in 5:14:43 with a 17:16 margin over Mazar (1:32:52 run split) and 36:48 over Zawlik (1:38:21 run split).
Reznikov, the most dominant woman in recent Israman history, thus followed her Israman 226 Pro Women wins in 2018, 2019 and 2020 with a 4th straight title, this one at the half distance.
Israman 226 and 113
S 2.4 mi. / B 112 mi. / R 26.2 mi.
S1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Eilat, Israel
January 28, 2022
Elite Men 226
1. Dan Alterman (ISR) S 52:08 T1 4:20 B 5:44:56 T2 1:24 R 3:09:42 TOT 9:52:28
2. Dan Kony Ovchinikov (ISR) S 53:35 T1 4:40 B 5:43:01 T2 2:17
3. Amit Shaked (ISR) S 59:13 T1 3:52 B 5:42:40 T2 NA R 3:18:11 10:03:55
4. Erez Aisenberg (ISR) S 54:19 T1 5:40 B 5:56:53 T2 3:07 3:42:11 TOT 10:42:08
Elite Women 226
1. Irena Mazin (ISR) S 1:13:13 T1 8:50 B 6:36:20 T2 3:52 R 4:03:03 TOT 12:05:16
Elite Men 113
1. Roee Zoarets (ISR) S 23:22 T1 3:23 B 2:52:41 T2 1:40 R 1:17:07 TOT 4:38:12
2. Eshed Itamar (ISR) S 23:21 T1 4:50 B 2:52:51 T2 00:28 R 16:52 TOT 48:21
3. Udi Alhanaty(ISR) S 26:20 T1 3:46 B 2:51:17 T2 1:39 R 1:21:37 TOT 4:44:37
4. Shakhkeldin (ISR) S 24:20 T1 5:06 B 2:56:09 T2 1:03 R 1:24:33 TOT 4:51:09
5. Ori Mendel (ISR) S 26:59 T1 4:36 B 3:08:09 T2 1:24 R 1:13:21 TOT 4:54:28
6. Yaron Littan (ISR) S 30:37 T1 4:12 B NA T2 N A R 1:29:07 TOT 4:55:18
7. Yaniv Fatal (ISR) S 30:43 T1 4:30 B NA T2 NA R 1:32:35 TOT 5:14:32
Elite Women 113
1. Antonina Reznikov (ISR) S 32:47 T1 5:53 B 3:06:00 T2 1:43 R 1:28:22 TOT 5:14:43
2. Hadas Mazar (ISR) S 33:52 T1 6:06 B 3:17:29 T2 1:42 R 1:32:52 TOT 5:31:59
3. Ronnie Zawlik (ISR) S 26:36 T1 4:57 B 3:39:38 T1 2:07 R 1:38:21 TOT 5:51:35
