Ironman Austria Results 2011

Temperatures seem perfect and expect to see fast Ironman Austria Results 2011 as this race gets underway.

Marino Vanhoenacker did the swim a minute faster than he did a year ago when he came close to breaking the world record time for an Ironman Triathlon.

These are the transition one splits for the top men.(1) Albert Marko.................00:48:03 (2) Vanhoenacker Marino..........00:49:08(3) Bayliss Stephen..............00:49:09(4) Blokhin Anton................00:49:12(5) Berger Dominik...............00:49:18 (6) Wagner Dorian................00:49:21 (7) Eugl Markus..................00:51:16 (8) Knoepke Daniel...............00:51:21

These are the transition one splits for the top women.(1) Ellis Mary Beth...............00:51:17 (2) Blazevic Svetlana.............00:54:29(3) Dollinger Eva.................00:54:33 (4) Csomor Erika..................00:55:07 (5) berasategui virginia..........00:56:10

Marino is pulling away on the bike and has gained over 3 minutes on Marko Albert who is in second spot.

The top-10 men through 61 km on the bike course(1) Vanhoenacker Marino(2) Albert Marko 00:03:27(3) Berger Dominik 00:04:40(4) Blokhin Anton 00:05:42(5) Weiss Michael00:07:39(6) Lowe Tom 00:07:44(7) Bayliss Stephen 00:09:03(8) Wagner Dorian00:09:21(9) Bullen Dirk 00:09:45(10) Pedraza Sebastian 00:09:46

Vanhoenacker has finished the bike and has a combined time of 5:04:45 for the swim and bike and is on course for a world record in the Ironman. He is 5 minutes ahead of his time from last year and is looking great.

This bike split is the 2nd fastest Ironman bike time in history. What a great day for Marino, Ironman Austria, and the tens of thousands of fans who are witnessing Ironman history.

The first 10 men through the turnaround point on the run

At this point Marino is still maintaining his 8 minute lead over Michael Weiss.(1)Vanhoenacker Marino.............05:30:25 (2) Weiss Michael.................-00:08:05(3) Albert Marko..................-00:15:01(4) Lowe Tom......................-00:19:17(5) Bayliss Stephen...............-00:22:20(6) Bullen Dirk...................-00:24:34(7) Blokhin Anton.................-00:30:12(8) Wagner Dorian.................-00:30:41(9) Major Jozsef..................-00:32:36(10) Fink Mario...................-00:32:57

These are the top five women at the 2k mark of the run.(1) Ellis Mary Beth (2) Riesler Diana (3) Csomor Erika (4) Bij De Vaate Heleen (5) Dollinger Eva

At the 9k mark Mary Beth was beginning to push the pace and was extending the gap over Diana Riesler who was still holding off Erika Csomor.

However 2nd place did not last much longer for Diana Riesler as she was passed by Erika Csomor who moved into second place ahead.

Now the gap has grown to over 11 minutes from the leader Mary Beth.

At 21.5k the gap was over 9 minutes and it seemed at this point that the main focus for Marino was holding it together and breaking the world record as there was little doubt that he would top Ironman Austria results 2011 in just over an hour.

21.5k the top four men in the run.(1) Vanhoenacker Marino..............06:28:29 (2) Weiss Michael...................-00:09:29(3) Albert Marko....................-00:16:22(4) Lowe Tom........................-00:20:17

Vanhoenacker had a lead of over 8 minutes as the second runner began the marathon and never looked back and tops Ironman Austria results 2011 with a new world record for the Ironman Triathlon of 7:45:50

THE TOP TEN MEN IN THE IRONMAN AUSTRIA RESULTS 2011(1)Vanhoenacker Marino..........07:45:58 WORLD RECORD(2) Weiss Michael.............07:57:39 00:11:41(3) Albert Marko..............08:08:17 00:22:19(4) Lowe Tom..................08:11:30 00:25:32(5) Bayliss Stephen...........08:16:47 00:30:49(6) Major Jozsef..............08:28:15 00:42:17(7) Blokhin Anton.............08:30:57 00:44:59(8) Fink Mario................08:31:37 00:45:39(9) Schniertshauer Rainer.....08:33:42 00:47:44(10) Lang Robert.............08:34:21 00:48:23

WOW! Just look at those times. Earlier today only two pros went under the 9 hour mark in Ironman Korea 2011.

Mary Beth Ellis is across the finish line In Ironman Austria in a time of 8:43:26 which is the fastest Ironman debut time in history.

It is also a course record for Ironman Austria.

THE TOP TEN WOMEN IN THE IRONMAN AUSTRIA RESULTS 2011(1) Ellis Mary Beth.............08:43:34(2) Csomor Erika................08:51:10(3) Riesler Diana...............08:53:34(4) Bij De Vaate Heleen.........08:56:11(5) Dollinger Eva...............09:05:13(6) Helfenschneider-Ofner Simone09:11:36(7) Rudolf Michaela.............09:14:16(8) Wolfe Joyce.................09:15:42(9) G?rtz Beate.................09:18:57(10) Woysch Nicole..............09:23:31

Some really great times here. Congratulations to these women pros.

Just as a comparison as to just how different Ironman races are around the world check out my page on Ironman Korea.

The winning time in Ironman Korea 2011. was put in by Kate Bevilaqua who had a great race on a tough course under tough conditions.

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