Course Conditions
Once again, conditions in Sweden were very quick, especially on the bike. An adjustment of 27:24 is mainly a result of the fast bike course with a 25:04 adjustment this year. Compared to earlier years, this race was still a bit quicker than the course rating of 20:06.
Both Katrine and Marlene were quicker than last year’s course record set by Marlene, the new mark by Katrine is almost twelve minutes quicker. Marlene was a few seconds quicker than Katrine on the bike, she set a new bike course record by two and a half minutes over Corinne Abraham’s time from 2018(!). Hannah Munday missed the 2013 swim course record set by Jodie Swallow by just 19 seconds.
Kona Qualifying
IM Sweden offered one Pro slot, this will be offered to
- Marlene de Boer
In addition, Chelsea Sodaro validated her AQ slot. Winner Katrine Graesboell was already qualified. You can find all qualifiers here. Since Sweden was the last (female) qualifying race, I will also post the list of qualifiers in my “always up-to-date Kona startlist“.
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | PTO Points |
| 1 | Katrine Graesboell Christensen | DEN | 00:55:48 (8) | 04:31:59 (2) | 02:56:06 (1) | 08:27:49 | -15:57 | US$ 15,000 | 85.24 |
| 2 | Marlene De Boer | NED | 00:51:21 (3) | 04:31:55 (1) | 03:05:52 (2) | 08:33:02 | -09:12 | US$ 9,000 | 80.87 |
| 3 | Chelsea Sodaro | USA | 00:48:53 (2) | 04:40:44 (4) | 03:11:23 (5) | 08:45:42 | 28:52 | US$ 7,000 | 74.14 |
| 4 | Katharina Wolff | GER | 00:55:39 (6) | 04:42:08 (5) | 03:14:18 (7) | 08:56:13 | 01:01 | US$ 5,000 | 68.34 |
| 5 | Lisa Gerss | GER | 00:55:43 (7) | 04:50:28 (9) | 03:07:53 (3) | 08:58:04 | 04:49 | US$ 4,000 | 65.70 |
| 6 | Johanna Ahrens | GER | 00:53:43 (4) | 04:43:58 (6) | 03:20:58 (9) | 09:02:28 | -10:02 | US$ 3,000 | 62.35 |
| 7 | Heleen Moes | NED | 00:55:50 (9) | 04:48:18 (8) | 03:18:46 (8) | 09:07:38 | -07:54 | US$ 2,500 | 58.87 |
| 8 | Joeanna Nielsen | DEN | 00:55:36 (5) | 04:51:22 (10) | 03:22:01 (10) | 09:12:40 | xx:-53:31 | US$ 2,000 | 55.58 |
| 9 | Hannah Munday | GBR | 00:48:49 (1) | 04:55:15 (11) | 03:25:59 (14) | 09:15:00 | n/a | US$ 1,500 | 53.35 |
| 10 | Marie Ingerhed | SWE | 01:07:14 (16) | 04:43:58 (6) | 03:25:05 (12) | 09:21:25 | n/a | US$ 1,000 | 49.81 |
| 11 | Nicole Pelin | SWE | 01:01:31 (15) | 05:05:09 (15) | 03:13:11 (6) | 09:24:18 | -11:20 | 47.61 | |
| 12 | Camilla Elofsson | SWE | 01:11:00 (17) | 04:56:31 (12) | 03:11:10 (4) | 09:25:12 | n/a | 46.18 | |
| 13 | Megan Tuncer | USA | 00:57:11 (11) | 05:03:26 (14) | 03:24:19 (11) | 09:30:17 | n/a | 43.41 | |
| 14 | Caitlin Alexander | USA | 01:01:09 (13) | 05:02:09 (13) | 03:25:21 (13) | 09:35:42 | 02:59 | 40.59 | |
| 15 | Helena Herrero Gomez | ESP | 01:01:12 (14) | 05:17:53 (16) | 03:26:57 (15) | 09:52:47 | -14:23 | 34.48 | |
| 16 | Baiba Medne | LAT | 00:59:16 (12) | 05:27:56 (17) | 03:28:59 (16) | 10:00:33 | n/a | 33.68 | |
| Nikki Bartlett | GBR | 00:55:53 (10) | 04:37:56 (3) | DNF |