Course Conditions
As has often been the case in recent years, IM Western Australia has been a fast final race of the year. This year conditions seemed especially favorable, and the bike and run were even quicker than normal. On the men’s side, Matt Burton rode a sub-4 bike leg, improving his own bike course record from last year. Winner Daniel Baekkegard set a new run course record of 2:37 (improving Max Neumann’s time from last year) and also an overall new course record (besting Ali Brownlee’s 2019 time). On the women’s side, we’ve seen a new bike course record by Lisa Norden and a new overall course record by Fenella Langridge, both improving on Teresa Adam’s times from 2019. Lisa’s bike time was also quicker than Daniela Ryf’s bike from Challenge Roth this year and is now the quickest IM bike time.
Nice and Kona Qualifying
IM Western Australia offered three slots each for the men and women Pros. These will be offered to:
- Fenella Langridge, Lisa Norden and Lotte Wilms for the women (Nice)
and - Daniel Baekkegard, Matt Burton and Nick Thompson for the men (Kona).
The full list of qualified athletes can be found here.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Daniel Baekkegard | DEN | 00:47:42 (4) | 04:03:55 (3) | 02:37:43 (1) | 07:34:23 | -02:15 | US$ 12,000 |
| 2 | Matt Burton | AUS | 00:52:07 (10) | 03:59:08 (1) | 02:44:04 (2) | 07:40:28 | -27:52 | US$ 7,000 |
| 3 | Nick Thompson | AUS | 00:52:06 (9) | 04:00:01 (2) | 02:50:10 (4) | 07:48:23 | -08:41 | US$ 4,250 |
| 4 | Steven McKenna | AUS | 00:47:40 (1) | 04:07:22 (5) | 02:54:18 (8) | 07:54:32 | 07:27 | US$ 3,500 |
| 5 | Scott Steenberg | DEN | 00:47:44 (5) | 04:05:48 (4) | 02:57:44 (11) | 07:56:34 | -53:58 | US$ 2,750 |
| 6 | Aichlinn O’Reilly | IRL | 00:47:46 (6) | 04:11:31 (6) | 02:54:13 (7) | 07:59:04 | n/a | US$ 2,250 |
| 7 | Caleb Noble | AUS | 00:47:48 (7) | 04:21:50 (12) | 02:51:17 (5) | 08:06:31 | -12:11 | US$ 2,000 |
| 8 | Kaito Tohara | JPN | 00:56:39 (17) | 04:21:15 (10) | 02:48:12 (3) | 08:11:39 | -05:31 | US$ 1,500 |
| 9 | Jack Sosinski | AUS | 00:47:41 (3) | 04:15:20 (7) | 03:08:12 (13) | 08:16:31 | 01:32 | US$ 1,250 |
| 10 | Harry Sinclair | AUS | 00:56:24 (12) | 04:21:20 (11) | 02:53:39 (6) | 08:17:14 | n/a | US$ 1,000 |
| 11 | Liam Duval | AUS | 00:56:36 (16) | 04:20:47 (9) | 02:56:55 (10) | 08:19:21 | -11:00 | |
| 12 | Mark Radziejewski | AUS | 00:56:34 (15) | 04:24:33 (13) | 02:54:23 (9) | 08:21:55 | n/a | |
| 13 | Kosuke Terasawa | JPN | 00:52:09 (11) | 04:31:52 (16) | 03:06:50 (12) | 08:36:57 | n/a | |
| 14 | Levi Hauwert | AUS | 00:56:25 (13) | 04:26:48 (14) | 03:21:34 (14) | 08:51:00 | 08:07 | |
| 15 | Harrison Wiles | AUS | 00:52:05 (8) | 04:16:35 (8) | 03:37:56 (16) | 08:52:25 | n/a | |
| 16 | Jens Frommhold | GER | 00:59:04 (18) | 04:29:28 (15) | 03:30:24 (15) | 09:06:17 | 37:43 | |
| 17 | Justin Wendemuth | AUS | 00:56:32 (14) | 05:03:38 (17) | 03:41:34 (17) | 09:48:52 | 58:08 | |
| Sam Appleton | AUS | 00:47:40 (1) | DNF | |||||
| Samuel Doggett | AUS | 01:05:45 (19) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Fenella Langridge | GBR | 00:51:07 (1) | 04:29:42 (2) | 03:03:52 (1) | 08:29:43 | -10:38 | US$ 12,000 |
| 2 | Lisa Norden | SWE | 00:54:16 (4) | 04:21:15 (1) | 03:11:47 (5) | 08:33:02 | -01:42 | US$ 7,000 |
| 3 | Lotte Wilms | NED | 00:51:09 (2) | 04:33:12 (3) | 03:10:40 (4) | 08:40:59 | -05:26 | US$ 4,250 |
| 4 | Els Visser | NED | 01:02:20 (6) | 04:36:07 (4) | 03:06:35 (2) | 08:50:13 | 05:07 | US$ 3,500 |
| 5 | Chloe Lane | AUS | 00:54:15 (3) | 04:42:29 (5) | 03:12:03 (6) | 08:55:04 | -11:45 | US$ 2,750 |
| 6 | Maki Takahashi | JPN | 00:57:10 (5) | 05:18:36 (8) | 03:07:12 (3) | 09:28:20 | n/a | US$ 2,250 |
| 7 | Camille Deligny | FRA | 01:09:47 (8) | 04:59:22 (7) | 03:18:42 (7) | 09:35:05 | 00:18 | US$ 2,000 |
| 8 | Marion Tuin | NED | 01:05:11 (7) | 04:59:08 (6) | 03:49:22 (8) | 10:00:20 | n/a | US$ 1,500 |