Kona Qualifying
IM Ireland had two female Kona Pro slots, these go to
- Simone Mitchell
and
- Chantal Sainter
Second place (now 3rd place, see below) finisher Laura Zimmermann was already qualified. You can find the list of all qualifiers here.
Female Race Results
| Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
Diff to exp. |
Prize Money |
| 1 |
Svenja Thoes |
GER |
00:58:02 |
05:09:30 |
03:12:33 |
09:24:54 |
(*) |
US$ 15,000 |
| 2 |
Simone Mitchell |
GBR |
00:53:35 |
05:14:03 |
03:14:40 |
09:27:49 |
-03:19 |
US$ 15,000 |
| 3 |
Laura Zimmermann |
GER |
00:59:04 |
05:08:04 |
03:16:25 |
09:28:44 |
02:03 |
US$ 9,000 |
| 4 |
Chantal Sainter |
GBR |
00:51:30 |
05:17:50 |
03:19:45 |
09:34:14 |
-02:42 |
US$ 7,000 |
| 5 |
Nina Derron |
SUI |
00:51:34 |
05:16:34 |
03:23:21 |
09:36:20 |
00:32 |
US$ 5,000 |
| 6 |
Tara Grosvenor |
GBR |
00:54:15 |
05:31:30 |
03:08:32 |
09:39:17 |
-05:07 |
US$ 4,000 |
| 7 |
Anna-Lena Best-Pohl |
GER |
00:53:31 |
05:26:44 |
03:20:56 |
09:46:13 |
18:55 |
US$ 3,000 |
| 8 |
Margrit Elfers |
GER |
00:58:53 |
05:08:32 |
03:35:54 |
09:49:09 |
-07:48 |
US$ 2,500 |
| 9 |
Ai Ueda |
JPN |
00:53:33 |
05:40:48 |
03:23:30 |
10:02:35 |
16:55 |
US$ 2,000 |
| 10 |
Hilary Hughes |
IRL |
01:03:35 |
05:32:19 |
03:25:33 |
10:07:07 |
n/a |
US$ 1,500 |
| 11 |
Lenny Ramsey |
NED |
01:11:57 |
05:31:23 |
03:19:46 |
10:09:47 |
24:56 |
US$ 1,000 |
| 12 |
Fiona Moriarty |
IRL |
00:59:12 |
05:39:03 |
03:44:36 |
10:29:22 |
34:01 |
|
| 13 |
Chino Iwabuchi |
JPN |
01:04:02 |
05:54:45 |
03:32:38 |
10:38:13 |
n/a |
|
| |
Sarah Thomas |
AUS |
01:05:55 |
|
|
DNF |
|
|
| |
Melanie Baumann |
SUI |
01:11:56 |
|
|
DNF |
|
|
One athlete is missing in the official results: Svenja Thoes. Svenja was first across the line but later disqualified for “outside assistance”. She said she will issue a protest and I will update the results as needed. As she was already Kona qualified, this will not impact the Kona slots.
(*) Update Jan 2nd, 2023: The result of Svenja’s appeal is now in: Her DQ was overturned and she was re-instated as the winner of IM Ireland.