Neumann, Crowley Win Ironman Cairns
Max Neumann of Australia won on the strength of a race-best 2:41:12 marathon and Aussie Sarah Crowley won by way of a women’s-fastest 4:48:10 bike split at Ironman Cairns.
Neumann crossed the finish line in 7:52:53 with a 2:17 margin over Braden Currie of New Zealand and Crowley finished in 8:59:40 with a 5:36 advantage over fellow Aussie Radka Kahlefeldt. Neumann and Crowley took home $25,000 apiece for their winning efforts at the Asia-Pacific Championships.
Men
Sam Appleton of Australia led pro men out of the water with a 46:31 split that gave him a 7 seconds lead over Max Neumann and Braden Currie, who tied with equal 46:38 splits. Ben Phillips of New Zealand trailed by 4:02 with a 4th-best 49:33, and Australians Tim Van Berkel and Blake Kappler posted 5th-fastest 50:04 splits.
Appleton maintained his lead with a race-best 4:20:02 bike split which gave him a short lead over Currie (4:20:08 bike split) and Neumann (4:20:42 bike split). Trailing by 11 minutes at T2 were Tim Van Berkel (4:31:37 bike split), Henrik Goesch of Finland (4:31:23 bike split) and Ben Philipps of New Zealand (4:31:59 bike split).
It took the run to sort out the final tally as Neumann finished with a 2:41:12 marathon to take the win in 7:52:53. Currie concluded his day with a 2:44:32 run split that left him 2:17 arrears in second place, and Sam Appleton ran a 2:54:44 marathon to finish 3rd – 12:40 behind the winner.
Pro Women
Sarah Crowley led the women’s swim in 53:59 which gave her a 2 seconds margin over fellow Aussie Radka Kahlefeldt, and 3:50 over Kate Bevilaqua.
Crowley surged with a by-far women’s-best 4:48:10 cycling leg which gave her a 5 minutes lead over Kahlefeldt (4:53:44 bike split) and roughly 20 minutes over Bevilaqua, Kylie Simpson and Kristin Liepold.
On the run, Crowley finished in 8:59:40 and Kahlefeldt virtually matched Crowley’s 3:12:18 marathon to take 2nd place, 5:36 behind the winner. Kylie Simpson made up a great deal of her swim deficit with a women’s-best 3:01:58 marathon to finish in third place, 19:41 behind the champion.
Ironman Cairns
Cairns, QLD, Australia
June 12, 2022
S 2.4 mi. / B 112 mi. / R 26/2 mi.
Men's Results
1. Max Neumann (AUS) S 46:38 T1 02:06 B 4:20:42 T2 02:13 R 2:41:12 TOT 7:52:53
2. Braden Currie NZL S 46:38 T1 02:11 B 4:20:08 T2 01:39 R 2:44:32 TOT 7:55:10
3. Sam Appleton (AUS) S 46:31 T1 2:21 B 4:20:02 T2 01:53 R 2:54:44 TOT 8:05:33
4. Tim Van Berkel (AUS) S 50:04 T1 02:22 B 4:31:37 T2 01:39 R 2:48:37 TOT 8:14:20
5. Henrik Goesch (FIN) S 50:21 T1 02:37 B 4:31:23 T2 01:38 R 2:53:42 TOT 8:19:32
6. Ben Phillips (NZL) S 49:33 T1 02:36 B 4:31:59 T2 02:06 R 3:06:31 TOT 8:32:47
7. Brodie Gardner (AUS) S 56:12 T1 02:31 B 4:38:05 T2 01:57 R 2:59:55 TOT 8:38:43
8. Blake Kappler (AUS) S 50:04 T1 02:46 B 4:33:55 T2 02:22 R 3:11:23 TOT 8:40:32
9. Matt Burton (AUS) S 53:11 T1 02:40 B 4:33:45 mT2 02:09 R 3:43:16 TOT 9:15:04
Women's Results
1. Sarah Crowley (AUS) S 53:59 T1 02:43 B 4:48:10 T2 02:27 R 3:12:18 TOT 8:59:40
2. Radka Kahlefeldt (AUS) S 54:01 T1 02:32 B 4:53:44 T2 02:25 T 3:12:32 TOT 9:05:16
3. Kylie Simpson (AUS) S 1:12:36 T1 0:3:06 B 4:58:59 T2 02:41 R 3:01:58 TOT 9:19:21
4. Kristin Liepold (GER) S 1:11:00 T1 02:46 B 5:05:41 T2 02:43 R 3:14:00 TOT 9:36:10
5. Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) S 57:49 T1 03:29 B 5:12:47 T2 03:21 R 3:27:10 TOT 9:44:38
6. Shannon Sutton (AUS) S 1:05:36 T1 03:09 B 5:24:15 T2 03:00 R 3:31:49 TOT 10:07:52
