Race Conditions
By all accounts, the weather in Whistler was miserable this year: Rain and low temperatures created tough conditions, and almost all athletes were cold, some even to the point of hypothermia:
Some of the athletes that were already safe for Kona (Jeff Symonds, Liz Lyles) pulled the plug early in the race, some looking for points had to drop out on the bike while others fought all day for their finish.
After a slow bike leg (adjustment -14:46) no one was able to run fast (only two sub-3h runs for the men and 3:16 was the fastest female marathon), leading to an overall adjustment -15:45. This was even slower than the “hot race” in Coeur d’Alene (adjustment of -8:24) where the heat impacted the athletes mainly on the run.
Male Race Results
After catching up to the slightly faster swimmers, Kyle Buckingham was leading the race for most of the day. But Viktor Zyemtsev had the best run of the day, catching Kyle around the 30k mark and eventually pulling away, winning by less than a minute. Justin Daerr used the second best run of the day to finish in third place.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Viktor Zyemtsev | USA | 00:53:03 | 04:58:32 | 02:54:28 | 08:49:46 | -01:09 | US$ 20000 |
| 2 | Kyle Buckingham | ZAF | 00:48:40 | 04:56:18 | 03:01:24 | 08:50:30 | 02:16 | US$ 10000 |
| 3 | Justin Daerr | USA | 00:53:02 | 04:58:35 | 02:59:13 | 08:54:45 | -04:15 | US$ 6500 |
| 4 | Derek Garcia | USA | 00:53:30 | 04:57:54 | 03:08:05 | 09:02:55 | -13:55 | US$ 4000 |
| 5 | Chris McDonald | AUS | 00:53:04 | 04:57:37 | 03:14:20 | 09:08:45 | 08:08 | US$ 3000 |
| 6 | Nathan Killam | CAN | 00:54:10 | 05:14:14 | 03:02:06 | 09:14:34 | -20:37 | US$ 2000 |
| 7 | Matthew Russell | USA | 00:59:14 | 05:10:54 | 03:06:47 | 09:22:39 | 16:05 | US$ 1500 |
| 8 | Swen Sundberg | GER | 00:53:07 | 05:07:04 | 03:20:49 | 09:25:10 | 20:01 | US$ 1250 |
| 9 | Travis Hawkins | USA | 01:02:05 | 05:26:03 | 03:18:48 | 09:52:59 | n/a | US$ 1000 |
| 10 | Gray Skinner | USA | 01:01:44 | 05:10:47 | 03:36:05 | 09:53:17 | n/a | US$ 750 |
| 11 | Elmar Heger | GER | 00:56:54 | 05:16:02 | 03:40:02 | 09:59:10 | -41:25 | |
| 12 | Matthew Sheeks | USA | 01:03:15 | 05:36:28 | 10:10:41 | 10:10:41 | 36:59 | |
| Barrett Brandon | USA | 00:48:22 | DNF | |||||
| Luke Bell | AUS | 00:48:27 | DNF | |||||
| Paul Ambrose | GBR | 00:51:48 | DNF | |||||
| Jeff Symonds | CAN | 00:51:53 | DNF | |||||
| Chad Holderbaum | USA | 00:53:10 | DNF | |||||
| Dougal Allan | NZL | 00:59:12 | DNF | |||||
| Jason Watson | USA | 01:01:05 | DNF |
Both Viktor and Kyle scored enough KPR points to move into the Top 40 July spots. Barrett Brandon, Luke Bell and Paul Ambrose DNF’d on the bike and couldn’t improve their score. Luke ends up in #41 in the rankings and is either the first not to qualify or the first one receiving a roll-down slot.
Female Race Results
Melanie McQuaid picked tough conditions for her IM debut race. She stormed to the front early in the bike, and built a five-minute lead into T2 that was stable for most of the run. But after 30k Danielle Mack was quickly coming closer, took the lead around 40k and won by two minutes. Melanie finished second, while Jen Annett had the best run of the day to put herself into third place.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Danielle Mack | USA | 01:01:49 | 05:23:53 | 03:16:09 | 09:46:19 | -15:25 | US$ 20000 |
| 2 | Melanie McQuaid | CAN | 00:57:47 | 05:22:43 | 03:23:44 | 09:48:23 | n/a | US$ 10000 |
| 3 | Jen Annett | CAN | 01:02:01 | 05:32:14 | 03:16:03 | 09:55:06 | -43:43 | US$ 6500 |
| 4 | Mackenzie Madison | USA | 00:58:17 | 05:33:05 | 03:23:54 | 09:59:34 | -03:56 | US$ 4000 |
| 5 | Jessica Fleming | AUS | 01:01:09 | 05:25:02 | 03:30:11 | 10:00:18 | -04:06 | US$ 3000 |
| 6 | Jessie Donavan | USA | 01:05:09 | 05:25:55 | 03:29:55 | 10:04:40 | 08:06 | US$ 2000 |
| 7 | Cheryl Orlovsky | CAN | 01:06:42 | 05:38:35 | 03:16:57 | 10:07:07 | n/a | US$ 1500 |
| 8 | Kelly Fillnow | USA | 01:05:47 | 05:44:07 | 03:16:08 | 10:11:17 | -17:06 | US$ 1250 |
| 9 | Laurel Wassner | USA | 00:54:12 | 05:49:16 | 03:23:36 | 10:12:52 | 16:46 | US$ 1000 |
| 10 | Caitlin Snow | USA | 00:57:59 | 05:54:24 | 03:20:20 | 10:17:42 | 30:39 | US$ 750 |
| 11 | Tracy Douglas | AUS | 01:06:51 | 05:45:21 | 03:34:29 | 10:32:01 | 09:28 | |
| Karen Thibodeau | CAN | 00:54:09 | DNF | |||||
| Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 00:57:55 | DNF | |||||
| Richele Frank | CAN | 01:11:58 | DNF |
Both Laurel Wassner and Cait Snow had a chance for a July slot. They struggled in the cold conditions, but still finished – even if their 9th and 10th place finishes were short of the podium finished they would have needed.