Taylor Knibb Claims IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside Victory, Rudy von Berg Takes Podium Spot
OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- With many of triathlon’s best on hand, Boulder's Taylor Knibb (USA) provided a dominate performance in the women’s professional race at this year's IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. Knibb secured her victory in a time of 4 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds. Brazil's Luisa Baptista finished second in 4:08:45, while Britain's Holly Lawrence rounded out third in 4:09:17.
The men's race came down to the final half mile of the run where Jackson Laundry of Canada moved into first to take the win in 3:45:00. A half minute later, Lionel Sanders of Canada and Boulder's Rudy von Berg -- a former University of Colorado triathlon standout -- stopped the clock in 3:45:33 with Sanders edging out von Berg in the photo finish.
The race was featured live on Outside TV -- the first in a series of 11 IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon events from across globe to broadcast exclusively on the platform.
Top five professional women’s results:
| SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Taylor Knibb | USA | 00:23:22 | 02:20:17 | 01:17:48 | 04:06:32 |
| 2. Luisa Baptista | BRA | 00:23:38 | 02:23:38 | 01:17:01 | 04:08:45 |
| 3. Holly Lawrence | GBR | 00:23:27 | 02:23:50 | 01:17:39 | 04:09:17 |
| 4. Ashleigh Gentle | AUS | 00:24:02 | 02:27:20 | 01:16:36 | 04:12:21 |
| 5. Jackie Hering | USA | 00:25:48 | 02:23:58 | 01:18:59 | 04:13:46 |
Top five professional men’s results:
| SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jackson Laundry | CAN | 00:22:53 | 02:07:53 | 01:10:10 | 03:45:00 |
| 2. Lionel Sanders | CAN | 00:24:26 | 02:08:09 | 01:08:29 | 03:45:33 |
| 3. Rudy von Berg | USA | 00:22:35 | 02:08:05 | 01:10:54 | 03:45:33 |
| 4. Alistair Brownlee | GBR | 00:22:32 | 02:08:03 | 01:11:04 | 03:45:55 |
| 5. Ben Kanute | USA | 00:22:28 | 02:08:11 | 01:11:58 | 03:46:32 |