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.
what about Svenja Thoes, DQ?
Dear guys,
Good news:
Finally the process from my appeal (inexplicable DQ) was heart and I have back my win from Ironman Ireland. 14th of August 2022
My times were: swim 00:58:02h; bike 5:09:30h; run 3:12:33h
Super happy and overwhelmed for this huge fight at this day.
Results now finalized.
„a. The Appellant succeeds in her appeal;
b. The decision of the Respondent disqualifying the Appellant as the winner of
the Triathlon Ireland Event 2022 is quashed with immediate effect;
c.The Respondent shall immediately reinstate the Appellant as the winner of the
event;
Made and published in Dublin on the 30th day of December 2022.“
PTO:
https://stats.protriathletes.org/athlete/svenja-thoes
This was your article:
https://www.trirating.com/ironman-ireland-2022-analysing-results/
I wish you a great new year.
Cheers
Svenja
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