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Bell, Stewart take Lake Stevens

Luke Bell pulled away from Paul Ambrose to take the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens title. Tyler Stewart had a monster bike split and then cruised home on a fast 1:22:29 run to take the win.

McMahon, Jorgensen in Hungary

Canada's Brent McMahon jumped out of a break to win the Tiszaujvaros World Cup in Hungary. A bit earlier in the day, American Gwen Jorgensen earned her first World Cup win, for a North American sweep.

Aussies repeat at Copenhagen

Tim Berkel overcame a drafting penalty and a late charge by Jimmy Johnsen to win the 2011 Challenge Copenhagen. Rebekah Keat broke her own record with a dominating 8:52:42 to take the women's title again.

70.3 Philippines to Jacobs, Granger

Pete Jacobs successfully defended his title at the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines in 3:51:43. Belinda Granger passed long time leader Amanda Stevens on the run to take the women's race.

Whistler, Wu take 70.3 Yeppoon

Ollie Whistler held off Matty White by 6 seconds to win the Capricorn Resort Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon in 3:56:44. Michelle Wu grabbed the women's title in 4:22:43.

Keat is a sub-9 hour regular

In 2011, Keat suffered through a bout of extreme fatigue and was hit by a car, but at Roth she was back in the sub-9 hour club and is ready to defend her Copenhagen title.

Keegan Williams keeps moving up

Kiwi Keegan Williams had a breakthrough race last year at Challenge Copenhagen, finishing second with a closing 2:46 run. He's coming off a third at Challenge Roth this year and wants to step up in Copenhagen.

Allez Laurent Vidal

With his 6th place finish at the Dextro Energy World Championship race in London, Laurent Vidal earned his ticket to return to that site next year for the Olympic games. He had a few words with slowtwitch.

More Norseman pictures

After so many positive responses to our 2011 Norseman features we decided to share another gallery of images from this year's event. All images courtesy of NXTRI.

The Brownlees’ London strategy

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee have proven to be a formidable pair in ITU racing; when they got separated at London they intuited the same subtle strategy even when apart

Tim DeBoom’s Norseman Day

Tim DeBoom considers his race experience at Norseman to be one of the toughest to date, but he came away as the 2011 Norseman Champion and the coveted black t-shirt.