ROTH, Germany -- Superwoman Chrissie Wellington didn’t just break it, she obliterated the one-year-old women's Iron-distance world record today with a, 8:31:29 finish. That winning time knocked off 13 minutes 49 seconds of the world-best mark Yvonne Van Vlerken set here last year. Wellington, 32, the two-time defending Ironman World Champion, is now undefeated at eight Iron-distance races, holds the Ironman Hawaii run record with a 2:57 clocking, and now holds the women's all time Iron-distance bike split with a 4:40:28 clocking. She smashed the 4:45:59 mark set by the USA's Krista Whelan in 1992 at Roth and also topping the 4:47 mark for official World Triathlon Corporation Ironman bikes set by Tyler Stewart at Ironman Florida in 2007.
Almost as shocking was the second place performance by Australia's Rebekah Keat, who also trashed the old world best mark with an 8:39:24 time that included a marathon that took time away from Wellington - 2:55:26 to 2:57:32. Keat' continued her hot 2009 which includes wins at the Challenge France half Ironman and the Challenge Kraichgau half. All of this was done under the guidance of Keat's new coach Brett Sutton, who guided Wellington to remarkable success in her first two years in the sport. This year Wellington switched coaches to 5-time ITU World Champion Simon Lessing.
2 comments:
amazing achievement, also she no longer ride a P2c... but a Slice! haha ;)
Too true, just imagine what her time would be if she rode a Trek TTX SSL!!!!!!!!
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