Thorsten

Male Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Ronnie Schildknecht	SWI	08:23:20	08:34:22	14
2	Daniel Fontana	ITA	08:23:58	08:35:01	17
3	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:30:44	08:41:56	27
4	Mathias Hecht	SWI	08:31:54	08:43:07	31
5	Swen Sundberg	GER	08:35:12	08:46:29	42
6	Stefan Riesen	SWI	08:36:35	08:47:54	51
7	Clemente Alonso-McKernan	ESP	08:40:17	08:51:41	79
8	Mike Aigroz	SWI	08:41:13	08:52:38	84
9	Christian Brader	GER	08:51:35	09:03:14	131
10	Sergio Marques	PRT	08:53:51	09:05:33	138
11	Erich Kunz	SUI	08:54:54	09:06:37	144
12	Mike Schifferle	SWI	09:05:17	09:17:14	215
13	Bo Ballegaard	DNK	09:06:01	09:17:59	225
14	Rafael Wyss	SWI	09:06:27	09:18:26	228
15	Ueli Bieler	SUI	09:10:28	09:22:32	260
16	Daniel Muller	GER	09:24:26	09:36:48	347
17	Scott Defilippis	USA	09:25:22	09:37:45	352
18	Damien Landon	FRA	09:27:41	09:40:07	373
19	Juha Laitinen	FIN	10:10:38	10:24:01	632
20	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:44:15	11:59:41	789
21	Massimiliano Sansone	ITA	n/a	unrated	n/a

Female Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Karin Thuerig	SWI	09:11:26	09:23:31	8
2	Amy Marsh	USA	09:21:33	09:33:51	14
3	Erika Csomor	HUN	09:22:04	09:34:23	15
4	Simone Benz	SWI	09:54:06	10:07:07	93
5	Jana Candrova	CZE	10:17:58	10:31:31	174
6	Miranda Alldritt	CAN	10:37:35	10:51:33	214
7	Regula Rohrbach	SUI	n/a	unrated	n/a
8	Anja Ippach	GER	n/a	unrated	n/a
9	Megumi Shigaki	JPN	n/a	unrated	n/a
10	Kathrin Mannweiler	GER	n/a	unrated	n/a

Results for Ronnie Schildknecht (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	08:32:51	08:35:36	08:34:22	15
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:12:40	08:23:14	08:34:06	1
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:49:15	08:47:09	08:36:48	18
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	08:20:00	08:32:40	08:34:15	1
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	08:21:46	08:21:30	08:34:43	4
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	08:16:05	08:29:34	08:50:47	1
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	08:24:58	08:37:34	08:58:16	1
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	08:34:35	08:32:13	09:05:32	15
IM Switzerland	2006-07-02	08:37:36	08:49:47	09:19:07	3
IM South Africa	2006-03-18	08:56:15	08:54:57	09:36:36	8
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	10:21:59	10:27:10	10:27:10	26

Results for Daniel Fontana (ITA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:18:51	08:29:49	08:35:01	4
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	08:33:48	08:41:52	08:41:52	3

Results for Cyril Viennot (FRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	08:30:42	08:41:56	08:41:56	5

Results for Mathias Hecht (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM St. George	2011-05-07	08:32:03	08:34:05	08:43:07	1
IM New Zealand	2011-03-05	08:45:36	08:49:13	08:44:43	3
IM South Africa	2010-04-25	08:28:53	08:36:52	08:43:48	2
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:37:29	08:35:26	08:45:06	13
IM Germany	2009-07-05	08:11:56	08:28:27	08:46:58	5
IM Australia	2009-04-05	09:08:03	09:13:08	08:50:57	12
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	08:34:02	08:33:45	08:45:23	8
IM Lake Placid	2008-07-20	08:56:33	08:56:08	08:48:38	3
IM Australia	2008-04-06	08:42:47	08:47:18	08:45:58	3
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	08:32:47	08:45:35	08:45:20	2
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	08:54:16	08:51:48	08:45:10	34
IM Switzerland	2006-07-02	08:26:01	08:37:55	08:37:55	1

Results for Swen Sundberg (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:33:44	08:49:13	08:46:29	10
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:29:18	08:40:13	08:45:45	2
Challenge Roth	2009-07-12	08:07:50	08:28:59	08:47:33	8
IM Florida	2008-11-01	08:26:52	08:45:22	08:53:30	6
Challenge Roth	2008-07-13	08:30:47	08:52:32	08:56:24	8
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	08:57:37	08:58:29	08:58:16	27
IM Coeur d’Alene	2007-06-23	09:14:41	09:16:24	08:58:08	9
IM Arizona	2006-04-09	08:30:07	08:32:19	08:32:19	4

Results for Stefan Riesen (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Wisconsin	2010-09-12	08:53:39	08:56:17	08:47:54	4
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:37:10	08:48:15	08:45:48	4
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	08:31:10	08:44:07	08:45:01	2
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	08:32:10	08:46:05	08:45:18	2
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	08:38:35	08:39:25	08:45:03	16
IM South Africa	2007-03-18	08:41:39	08:40:26	08:46:53	3
IM South Africa	2006-03-18	08:40:32	08:39:16	08:49:20	4
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	08:38:49	08:38:36	08:53:22	16
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	08:40:07	08:44:27	09:01:25	4
IM Lanzarote	2005-06-04	09:18:57	09:18:57	09:18:57	4

Results for Clemente Alonso-McKernan (ESP)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:48:53	08:46:47	08:51:41	17
IM France	2009-06-28	08:48:59	08:57:00	08:57:00	4

Results for Mike Aigroz (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM St. George	2011-05-07	08:42:06	08:44:11	08:52:38	5
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:34:24	08:45:26	08:56:02	3
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:18:34	09:16:21	09:01:03	46
IM Canada	2009-08-30	08:40:17	08:44:58	08:51:48	2
IM France	2008-06-22	08:56:43	09:01:26	09:01:26	6

Results for Christian Brader (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:08:19	09:10:30	09:03:14	8
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	08:33:43	08:36:29	09:02:09	16
IM Canada	2010-08-29	08:32:41	08:42:44	09:05:54	2
Challenge Roth	2010-07-18	10:23:03	10:45:24	09:22:51	24
IM St. George	2010-05-01	09:14:42	09:10:12	09:09:43	8
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	08:57:39	08:55:31	09:09:37	26
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	08:56:35	08:56:41	09:12:07	2
IM Lanzarote	2009-05-23	09:21:47	09:19:01	09:15:12	12
IM Australia	2009-04-05	10:03:56	10:09:32	09:14:18	20
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	08:50:08	08:49:51	08:58:13	19
IM Lake Placid	2008-07-20	08:58:10	08:57:45	09:01:04	4
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:06:16	09:07:09	09:02:36	35
IM Germany	2007-07-01	08:51:09	09:05:05	08:59:53	12
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	08:56:01	08:53:33	08:53:33	37

Results for Sergio Marques (PRT)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM France	2011-06-26	08:49:55	08:55:01	09:05:33	5
IM Texas	2011-05-21	08:48:57	08:56:56	09:07:23	12
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	09:09:30	09:21:35	09:09:30	15
IM St. George	2010-05-01	09:11:10	09:06:42	09:06:33	7
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:41:02	09:38:44	09:06:30	63
IM Lanzarote	2009-05-23	09:08:38	09:05:56	08:58:41	8
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:47:16	09:46:57	08:56:41	66
IM Florida	2007-11-03	08:23:49	08:39:10	08:41:27	2
IM Austria	2007-07-08	08:36:05	08:48:01	08:42:08	7
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	08:40:32	08:38:08	08:39:54	19
IM Arizona	2006-04-09	08:31:26	08:33:39	08:40:42	5
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	08:43:45	08:43:32	08:45:02	20
IM Arizona	2005-04-09	08:46:47	08:46:47	08:46:47	3

Results for Erich Kunz (SUI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:55:08	09:06:37	09:06:37	10

Results for Mike Schifferle (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Brasil	2011-05-29	08:53:07	09:15:20	09:17:14	10
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	09:04:02	09:16:00	09:17:27	14
IM Arizona	2010-11-21	08:47:53	09:00:57	09:17:37	11
IM Florida	2010-11-06	09:09:02	09:25:35	09:19:36	22
IM Wisconsin	2010-09-12	08:58:35	09:01:14	09:18:48	8
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:43:51	08:55:05	09:21:23	7
IM Austria	2010-07-04	08:54:57	09:15:19	09:25:43	19
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:08:49	09:06:39	09:27:43	34
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	08:54:13	09:07:45	09:31:38	12
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:21:13	09:20:55	09:36:37	53
IM Austria	2008-07-13	08:56:20	09:15:17	09:39:47	20
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:28:17	09:29:12	09:45:29	57
IM Lanzarote	2007-05-20	10:00:35	09:58:22	09:49:14	20
IM Florida	2006-11-04	09:41:45	09:50:42	09:46:52	31
IM Hawaii	2006-10-21	09:51:31	09:48:48	09:45:47	77
IM UK	2006-08-16	09:34:59	09:37:59	09:44:36	15
IM Switzerland	2006-07-02	09:19:56	09:33:07	09:48:30	15
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	10:03:46	10:08:48	10:08:48	24

Results for Bo Ballegaard (DNK)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lanzarote	2011-05-21	09:25:35	09:21:19	09:17:59	10
IM Florida	2008-11-01	08:52:33	09:11:59	09:14:22	16
Challenge Roth	2008-07-13	08:54:13	09:16:58	09:16:58	17

Results for Rafael Wyss (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lanzarote	2011-05-21	09:05:41	09:01:34	09:18:26	8
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	08:47:16	08:58:34	09:21:45	8
IM Lanzarote	2010-05-22	09:11:28	09:10:03	09:26:01	10
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	08:50:16	09:03:42	09:29:24	8
IM Lanzarote	2009-05-23	09:41:55	09:39:03	09:34:30	20
IM Canada	2008-08-24	09:28:35	09:34:16	09:33:25	25
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	09:09:39	09:24:35	09:33:14	13
IM Lanzarote	2008-05-24	09:46:04	09:43:17	09:35:46	22
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	09:00:31	09:14:00	09:32:48	9
IM Lanzarote	2007-05-20	09:41:33	09:39:25	09:40:59	10
IM Switzerland	2006-07-02	09:18:48	09:31:57	09:42:07	14
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	09:50:38	09:55:33	09:55:33	19

Results for Ueli Bieler (SUI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	09:12:39	09:24:30	09:22:32	17
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	08:50:24	09:03:51	09:21:32	9
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	09:11:17	09:26:15	09:32:26	15
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	09:19:58	09:33:57	09:37:46	15
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	09:39:36	09:44:26	09:44:26	17

Results for Daniel Muller (GER)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Wisconsin	2009-09-13	09:15:12	09:14:46	09:36:48	10
IM France	2009-06-28	09:23:49	09:32:21	09:43:15	11
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	08:42:47	08:56:59	09:47:22	4
IM Austria	2008-07-13	09:32:17	09:52:30	10:23:19	25
IM Switzerland	2007-06-24	11:14:05	11:30:55	11:39:37	24
IM France	2007-06-24	08:56:00	09:05:07	10:39:33	5
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	11:48:55	11:54:49	11:54:49	30

Results for Scott Defilippis (USA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM France	2011-06-26	09:26:26	09:31:53	09:37:45	13
IM St. George	2011-05-07	09:58:05	10:00:28	09:39:37	15
IM Florida	2010-11-06	08:43:35	08:59:22	09:30:24	12
IM St. George	2010-05-01	09:53:07	09:48:18	09:49:39	17
IM Florida	2009-11-07	09:31:53	09:51:12	09:51:12	17

Results for Damien Landon (FRA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lanzarote	2011-05-21	09:48:51	09:44:25	09:40:07	12
IM Florida	2010-11-06	09:51:20	10:09:09	09:38:45	32
IM France	2010-06-27	09:13:56	09:28:34	09:27:27	8
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	09:26:51	09:24:36	09:26:54	55
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:40:28	09:40:09	09:28:29	61
IM France	2008-06-22	09:10:56	09:15:46	09:15:46	8

Results for Juha Laitinen (FIN)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lanzarote	2010-05-22	10:25:37	10:24:01	10:24:01	22

Results for Marek Nemcik (SVK)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Austria	2011-07-03	10:53:08	11:22:07	11:59:41	19
IM New Zealand	2010-03-06	12:21:51	12:35:23	12:17:22	13
IM Arizona	2009-11-22	12:13:01	12:30:18	12:08:50	28
IM Florida	2008-11-01	10:48:33	11:12:13	11:52:13	43
IM Florida	2007-11-03	12:22:51	12:45:29	12:45:29	57

Results for Massimiliano Sansone (ITA)

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Results for Karin Thuerig (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	09:22:48	09:25:50	09:23:31	6
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	09:00:04	09:11:39	09:22:08	1
IM Lanzarote	2006-05-20	09:52:45	09:48:18	09:35:26	1
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	09:38:59	09:38:45	09:27:31	12
IM Switzerland	2005-07-15	09:10:51	09:15:26	09:15:26	1

Results for Amy Marsh (USA)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Brasil	2011-05-29	09:07:49	09:30:39	09:33:51	1
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	09:28:19	09:31:22	09:35:17	11
IM Lake Placid	2010-07-25	09:27:30	09:33:01	09:37:38	2
IM Wisconsin	2009-09-13	09:43:59	09:43:32	09:43:32	1

Results for Erika Csomor (HUN)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Austria	2011-07-03	08:51:10	09:14:44	09:34:23	2
IM Arizona	2010-11-21	09:22:38	09:36:33	09:37:09	6
IM Florida	2010-11-06	09:14:40	09:31:23	09:37:14	2
IM Hawaii	2010-10-09	09:39:53	09:43:00	09:38:07	17
IM France	2010-06-27	09:36:08	09:51:22	09:37:16	2
IM Hawaii	2009-10-10	10:08:25	10:06:01	09:34:34	26
Challenge Roth	2009-07-12	08:59:42	09:23:06	09:28:44	4
IM Hawaii	2008-10-11	09:24:49	09:24:31	09:29:55	4
Challenge Roth	2008-07-13	08:47:05	09:09:32	09:31:00	2
IM Arizona	2008-04-13	09:14:49	09:19:52	09:35:58	1
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	09:39:47	09:40:43	09:40:24	10
IM Lake Placid	2007-07-22	09:53:44	09:48:57	09:40:18	3
Challenge Roth	2007-06-24	09:09:32	09:33:12	09:36:43	4
Challenge Roth	2006-06-24	09:27:47	09:41:22	09:39:07	4
IM Australia	2006-05-11	09:39:12	09:36:47	09:36:47	4

Results for Simone Benz (SWI)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM South Africa	2011-04-10	09:31:21	09:43:55	10:07:07	7
IM Canada	2010-08-29	10:53:21	11:06:10	10:15:40	16
IM Switzerland	2010-07-25	09:29:44	09:41:57	09:53:05	4
IM Switzerland	2009-07-12	09:32:57	09:47:28	10:01:39	6
IM Switzerland	2008-07-13	10:04:08	10:20:33	10:20:33	7

Results for Jana Candrova (CZE)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM Lake Placid	2009-07-26	10:32:25	10:32:33	10:31:31	9
IM Switzerland	2006-07-02	10:14:34	10:29:02	10:29:02	7

Results for Miranda Alldritt (CAN)

Race	Date	Total	Adjusted	Rating	Rank in Race
IM France	2011-06-26	10:56:48	11:03:07	10:51:33	11
IM Texas	2011-05-21	10:19:12	10:28:33	10:50:02	14
IM St. George	2011-05-07	11:51:45	11:54:35	10:53:09	8
IM Canada	2010-08-29	12:47:12	13:02:15	10:42:52	18
IM St. George	2010-05-01	10:40:59	10:35:47	10:42:52	7
IM Arizona	2009-11-22	09:53:01	10:07:00	10:43:52	12
IM Coeur d’Alene	2009-06-21	13:39:19	13:47:17	10:49:11	14
IM New Zealand	2009-03-07	10:18:02	10:29:40	10:49:11	10
IM Arizona	2008-11-23	10:06:24	10:13:03	10:51:47	12
IM Wisconsin	2008-09-07	10:54:52	10:55:36	10:57:12	12
IM Canada	2008-08-24	11:21:23	11:28:12	10:57:27	17
IM Coeur d’Alene	2008-06-22	10:18:14	10:24:18	10:52:01	8
IM Arizona	2008-04-13	10:21:42	10:27:22	10:57:37	13
IM Hawaii	2007-10-13	10:43:58	10:45:00	11:04:44	48
IM Arizona	2007-04-15	10:16:31	10:20:08	11:09:48	5
IM Canada	2006-08-27	11:15:34	11:14:30	11:23:59	17
IM Coeur d’Alene	2006-06-25	11:22:19	11:22:25	11:26:57	19
IM Hawaii	2005-10-15	11:27:13	11:26:56	11:28:53	55
IM Canada	2005-08-29	11:19:15	11:17:43	11:29:55	14
IM Coeur d’Alene	2005-06-26	11:42:45	11:42:45	11:42:45	5

Results for Regula Rohrbach (SUI)

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Results for Anja Ippach (GER)

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Results for Megumi Shigaki (JPN)

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Results for Kathrin Mannweiler (GER)

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Race Conditions

As usual, Austria was very fast with an adjustment of 23:57. The weather added to a great environment for record times.

Male Results

Of course, the big news this weekend was Marino setting a new world record time. It’s a good thing he set this in a WTC event, so at least we won’t get the annoying corporate speak of “Ironman world record” and “Ironman-distance world best”:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	07:45:58	07:59:43
2	Michael Weiss	AUT	07:57:39	08:15:01
3	Marko Albert	EST	08:08:17	n/a
4	Tom Lowe	GBR	08:11:30	08:01:33
5	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	08:16:47	08:27:11
6	Jozsef Major	HUN	08:28:15	08:25:32
7	Anton Blokhin	UKR	08:30:57	08:39:04
8	Dorian Wagner	GER	08:37:01	n/a
9	Ernst Moser	AUT	08:37:10	08:43:12
10	Lukas Vrobel	CZE	08:39:56	08:57:03
11	Andreas Wolpert	GER	08:44:37	08:57:04
12	Marcel Bischof	GER	08:44:51	09:17:22
13	Dominik Berger	AUT	08:45:32	08:39:59
14	Michal Kulich	SVK	08:53:43	n/a
15	Jules Hatcher	GBR	08:55:15	n/a
16	Jerzy Kasemier	NLD	09:04:22	09:32:49
17	Paul Westwood	NZL	09:43:43	08:54:51
18	Gergely Nagy	HUN	10:11:56	10:08:02
19	Marek Nemcik	SVK	10:53:08	11:44:39

Expected time is based on athlete’s rating (prior to race) and race conditions.

With his great time Marino moved up in the rankings to the second spot (passing Chris McCormack) and probably has to be considered the Kona favorite at this point. (After all, Andreas hasn’t even qualified yet.)

There were a number of other notable results. Michi Weiss also went sub-8, improved his place in the rankings and is close to breaking the TOP 10 now (13th with a rating of 8:33). Marko Albert posted a great first Ironman result, and Tom Lowe posted another great result after his first race in Arizona and a missing South Africa because of an injury. He is also in the TOP 10 ratings now (8th with a rating of 8:29).  

Female Results

There were a couple more great results on the women’s side with four athlete’s going sub-9:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Mary Beth Ellis	USA	08:43:34	n/a
2	Erika Csomor	HUN	08:51:10	09:11:32
3	Diana Riesler	GER	08:53:34	09:22:00
4	Heleen Bij De Vaate	NLD	08:56:11	09:17:46
5	Eva Dollinger	AUT	09:05:13	09:26:50
6	Simone Helfenschneider-Ofner	AUT	09:11:36	n/a
7	Joyce Wolfe	IRL	09:15:42	n/a
8	Nicole Woysch	GER	09:23:31	10:03:21
9	Svetlana Blazevic	SCG	09:30:15	10:33:15
10	Kristin Lie	NOR	09:31:44	09:49:06
11	Monika Stadlmann	AUT	09:53:56	10:21:05
12	Fernanda Keller	BRA	10:39:08	09:45:48

Expected time is based on athlete’s rating (prior to race) and race conditions.

Mary Beth Ellis won her first IM posting a new rookie record. The next athletes also soundly beat their expected times. The results were really fast, especially considering that only Erika Csomor is actually rated in the TOP 20 (13th at 9:34).

Race Conditions

In the past, the times in Korea were pretty slow – and I mentioned that this was at least partly caused by long courses. This year, the adjustment of 6:47 was just a normal number – not crazy fast, but still a little bit faster than IM Hawaii.

Male Results

The athlete who registered for almost every official Ironman race (he was registered for Korea and Austria on the same day!) actually started in Korea and managed to win his first IM improving by quite a bit on his expected time:

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Balazs Csoke	HUN	08:48:21	09:05:52
2	Andreas Venhorst	GER	08:58:46	08:59:01
3	Bevan McKinnon	NZL	09:03:50	09:02:52
4	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	JPN	09:18:12	09:14:23
5	Justin Granger	AUS	09:30:44	09:07:02
6	Yeun Sik Ham	KOR	09:36:02	n/a
7	Yong Taek Kim	KOR	10:07:00	n/a

Expected time is based on athlete’s rating (prior to race) and race conditions.

Andreas Venhorst and Bevan McKinnon finished close to their expected times and rounded out the podium.

Female Results

On the women’s side, the race was won by late entry Kate Bevilaqua:

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	09:39:44	09:58:37
2	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	09:56:28	10:13:11
3	Hillary Biscay	USA	10:12:20	10:07:31

Expected time is based on athlete’s rating (prior to race) and race conditions.

Three finishers seems like a low number, but it was all I could find. But with tracking on the ironamlive site not working for Korea, it was actually tricky to find results, so this may have to be updated once the official results coming out.

As per usual, you can find additional information on the participants in the detail post.

Previous Results

IM Korea in Jeju hasn’t been an official race between 2008 and 2010 (then it was just the “Jeju International Triathlon”), but it has been before that and now it’s back on the list of Kona qualifiers. It’s the slowest course I’ve been looking at so far, with a course rating of -6:22. At least some of it has to do with inaccurate courses (one year the best swim time was barely under an hour), but from what I’ve heard the course really is quite hard.

Most people remember the last race in 2007 because of the women’s winner – it was Chrissie Wellington’s first IM. She won in 9:54, qualified for Kona and the rest is history. On the men’s side, we have Raynard Tissink at the top with a winning time of 9:08.

Male Participants

There are not too many athletes on the start list, and German pro Andreas Venhorst tops the ratings:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Andreas Venhorst	GER	09:22:28	09:05:52	139
2	Bevan McKinnon	NZL	09:26:29	09:09:46	154
3	Balazs Csoke	HUN	09:29:37	09:12:49	177
4	Justin Granger	AUS	09:30:49	09:13:59	186
5	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	JPN	09:38:30	09:21:26	250
6	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	10:04:25	09:46:35	414
7	Nobuyuki Tanaka	JAP	n/a	unrated	n/a
8	Jan Rehula	CZE	n/a	unrated	n/a

Andreas has just two results in my database (from 2008 and 2009), so with quite a few athletes close by, he’s not really a sure bet for the win. My pick would be Justin Granger or one of the relatively unknown Asian athletes who always race well in their “local” race. One more thing I noticed: Balazs Csoke seems to have registered for all IMs, he’s also on the start list in Austria on the same day and in IM Germany two weeks later.

Female Participants

On the female side, we have solid Japanese athlete Emi Shiono topping the ranking:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Emi Shiono	JPN	10:28:26	10:09:54	106
2	Hillary Biscay	USA	10:33:57	10:15:15	126
3	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	10:39:52	10:20:59	144
4	Jocelyn Wong	USA	11:01:42	10:42:11	195
5	Yasuko Miyazaki	JPN	11:09:58	10:50:12	210

Most eyes will be on Hillary Biscay who is trying to get another IM win under her belt. I hope she found some renewed spring in her step – after all this is only her second Ironman this year!

As per usual, you can find additional information on the participants in the detail post.

Previous Results

Austria is one of the quickest courses. It’s the fastest of the “official” Ironman courses (with several sub-8 times posted by Marino Vanhoenacker and at least one “world-record” by Sandra Wallenhorst). It has a course rating of 16:10, only Challenge Roth (19:03) is quicker (by almost 3 minutes).

Last years’s race was won by Marino Vanhoenacker in 7:52 and Eva Dollinger in 9:18.

Male Participants

Marino is always racing Austria, and he always posts great results, so it’s not surprise he’s the favorite for this race:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	08:02:55	08:21:59	3
2	Tom Lowe	GBR	08:04:45	08:23:54	5
3	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:18:18	08:37:59	18
4	Jozsef Major	HUN	08:28:54	08:49:00	60
5	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	08:30:33	08:50:43	70
6	Georg Swoboda	AUT	08:31:16	08:51:28	76
7	Jose Luis Villanueva	ESP	08:35:28	08:55:49	91
8	Anton Blokhin	UKR	08:42:32	09:03:10	128
9	Dominik Berger	AUT	08:43:27	09:04:07	133
10	Ernst Moser	AUT	08:46:41	09:07:29	144
11	Max Renko	Aus	08:48:09	09:09:00	150
12	Markus Ressler	AUT	08:49:23	09:10:17	158
13	Balazs Csoke	HUN	08:51:49	09:12:49	177
14	Sebastian Pedraza	ITA	08:52:48	09:13:51	182
15	Paul Westwood	NZL	08:58:24	09:19:40	236
16	Markus Strini	AUT	08:59:03	09:20:20	240
17	Lukas Vrobel	CZE	09:00:38	09:21:59	253
18	Andreas Wolpert	GER	09:00:39	09:22:00	254
19	Toby Radcliffe	GBR	09:03:18	09:24:45	275
20	Markus Mlinar	AUT	09:18:41	09:40:45	379
21	Marcel Bischof	GER	09:21:04	09:43:14	391
22	Heinrich Sickl	AUT	09:24:06	09:46:23	413
23	Stefano Paoli	ITA	09:27:31	09:49:56	432
24	Sandi Ivancic	SLO	09:27:31	09:49:56	432
25	Matjaz Kovac	SVN	09:34:49	09:57:31	480
26	Jerzy Kasemier	NLD	09:36:38	09:59:24	490
27	Gergely Nagy	HUN	10:12:05	10:36:15	667
28	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:49:20	12:17:21	790
29	Jules Hatcher	GBR	n/a	unrated	n/a
30	Michal Kulich	SVK	n/a	unrated	n/a
31	Dorian Wagner	GER	n/a	unrated	n/a
32	Marco Albert	EST	n/a	unrated	n/a
33	Flo Kriegl	AUT	n/a	unrated	n/a

However, he has had a few DNFs, although I’m not aware of any injuries. Next on the list is Tom Lowe who has just one result to his credit (a great time in IM Arizona). He was injured for the first race he was on the start list (IM South Africa), I hope he’s back on form and can continue a stellar IM career. Michael Weiss’s last IM race was also a DNF while defending his title at IM St. George. Unless there is a major upset, I’m pretty sure that the winner will come from these three athletes. Austria is paying price money up to 8th place, and there are a lot of athletes that will race for these spots.

Female Participants

Even though last year’s winner Eve Dollinger is back at the race, she is not the favorite:

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Rank
1	Erika Csomor	HUN	09:15:12	09:37:08	22
2	Heleen Bij De Vaate	NLD	09:21:29	09:43:39	40
3	Edith Niederfringer	ITA	09:27:35	09:50:00	52
4	Eva Dollinger	AUT	09:30:36	09:53:08	58
5	Fernanda Keller	BRA	09:49:42	10:12:59	119
6	Barbara Tesar	AUT	09:49:47	10:13:05	120
7	Kristin Lie	NOR	09:53:02	10:16:27	128
8	Nicole Woysch	GER	10:07:22	10:31:21	171
9	Monika Stadlmann	AUT	10:25:13	10:49:55	209
10	Svetlana Blazevic	SCG	10:37:27	11:02:38	234
11	Joyce Wolfe	IRL	n/a	unrated	n/a
12	Anja Ippach	GER	n/a	unrated	n/a
13	Simone Helfenschneider-Ofner	AUT	n/a	unrated	n/a

Erica Csomor, Heleen Bij De Vaate and Edith Niederfringer will be strong contenders fro the win!