Race Conditions
Conditions in Australia were similar to last year: an adjustment of 12:47, mainly because of a pretty fast run (8:31).
Male Race Results
The main story in the men’s field has to be Luke Bell’s DNF. He was leading the field by a large margin after the bike, but had to call it a day even before the 20k mark. He wasn’t completely recovered from a knee injury earlier in the year and tweeted his analysis that „3 wks of running just not enough“. If his knee is basically okay and just needs a bit more time, my guess is that he’ll race a September Ironman (defend his title in Mont Tremblant?) or start to rack up points for Kona 2015 with a late season Ironman.
After Luke was out of the race, Elliot Holtham quickly took the place in the spotlight: He passed Paul Ambrose and while never moving far ahead just had the better run, winning his first Ironman and gaining a good position to qualify for Kona. Paul Ambrose finished second, with Nick Baldwin taking the last spot on the podium.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Elliot Holtham | CAN | 00:49:26 | 04:49:09 | 02:53:28 | 08:35:18 | -16:58 |
| 2 | Paul Ambrose | GBR | 00:46:29 | 04:46:28 | 03:01:37 | 08:37:47 | -06:14 |
| 3 | Nick Baldwin | SEY | 00:50:10 | 04:50:54 | 02:56:22 | 08:41:19 | -00:17 |
| 4 | Denis Chevrot | FRA | 00:44:25 | 05:05:54 | 02:50:45 | 08:44:43 | 18:11 |
| 5 | Jason Shortis | AUS | 00:50:23 | 05:04:33 | 02:48:54 | 08:47:53 | 08:09 |
| 6 | Luke Whitmore | AUS | 00:50:28 | 05:01:19 | 03:03:36 | 08:58:51 | 08:52 |
| 7 | Darren Jenkins | AUS | 00:59:12 | 05:01:15 | 02:58:23 | 09:02:31 | n/a |
| 8 | Jon Woods | NZL | 00:53:15 | 05:15:36 | 03:13:43 | 09:26:18 | -08:31 |
| 9 | Luke Bell | AUS | 00:44:24 | 04:37:31 | DNF | ||
| 10 | Matty White | AUS | 00:50:13 | DNF |
Female Race Results
After the swim and bike, Lisa Marangon had built a solid lead with a race best bike. However, once Melissa Hauschildt had put on her running shoes it was clear that if her first ever marathon went well, she’d be able to take the win. Mel passed Lisa around the 24k mark, then built and held a small lead. It’ll be interesting to see what she can do once she has some more IM-specific training under her belt – and what that will mean for her 70.3 speed. Lisa Marangon took the 2nd place and is now on the qualifying bubble for Kona. Melanie Burke took the last spot on the podium with the best women’s run of 3:09.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Melissa Hauschildt | AUS | 00:50:46 | 05:19:57 | 03:13:57 | 09:28:43 | n/a |
| 2 | Lisa Marangon | AUS | 00:49:49 | 05:12:19 | 03:23:53 | 09:30:50 | -10:57 |
| 3 | Melanie Burke | NZL | 00:58:08 | 05:21:39 | 03:09:19 | 09:32:53 | -10:39 |
| 4 | Dimity-Lee Duke | AUS | 00:57:22 | 05:28:30 | 03:14:03 | 09:43:38 | -46:33 |
| 5 | Hillary Biscay | USA | 00:49:23 | 05:39:41 | 03:22:12 | 09:55:43 | -00:43 |
| 6 | Megumi Shigaki | JPN | 00:56:27 | 05:51:25 | 03:32:45 | 10:24:57 | -26:39 |
| 7 | Tamsyn Hayes | NZL | 00:55:24 | 05:25:49 | 04:04:31 | 10:29:59 | 34:35 |