Age-group athletes compete at Supertri Toronto. Photo: Kevin Mackinnon
Supertri has announced its 2027 Team Program which will provide US$90.000 in prizes to “clubs, charities, schools and companies that race and celebrate together.” There will be three categories at every Supertri event that groups can win:
Largest – the team with the most athletes
Fastest – the quickest team “scored separately for Olympic and Sprint where an event offers both distances and equalized for gender and age thanks to Supertri’s partnership with TriDot.”
Loudest – based on “the most noise on social media.”
Winners of each category will receive $1,000, with second-place teams taking home $750, while the third-place finishers will receive $500. Races that offer both sprint and Olympic distances will have four categories and 12 podium places, totalling $9,000 in club prize money.
More information on the new program can be found here.
Smith and Damm Nielsen Take Challenge Barcelona
New Zealand’s Kyle Smith used the day’s fastest bike split to easily top the field at Challenge Barcelona on the weekend. In the women’s race Denmark’s Anastacia Damm Nielsen took the win by just five seconds over Italy’s Marta Bernardi.
Women’s Results – Top 10
PosAthleteCountrySwimBikeRunOverall1Anastacia Damm NielsenDEN27:51(11)2:08:58(2)1:17:44(2)4:00:592Marta BernardiITA27:45(6)2:08:40(1)1:17:42(1)4:01:043Katharina KrügerGER27:46(8)2:11:00(7)1:21:47(5)4:07:284Maria Vilas VidalESP26:50(1)2:09:26(3)1:24:50(11)4:08:105Carolin MeyerGER30:07(14)2:10:45(5)1:21:59(6)4:09:566Sarah-Jane GoodwinRSA27:00(2)2:12:23(11)1:24:07(9)4:11:167Maela MoisonFRA27:03(3)2:09:39(4)1:28:23(17)4:12:218Sofia Aguayo MauriESP27:47(9)2:13:42(14)1:24:34(10)4:12:389Lydia DantGBR31:10(16)2:10:46(6)1:23:15(7)4:13:0610Eva MarsacFRA27:09(4)2:12:56(12)1:26:10(13)4:13:32
Men’s Results – Top 10
PosAthleteCountrySwimBikeRunOverall1Kyle SmithNZL24:01(3)1:50:42(1)1:09:42(7)3:30:392Sven Oliver ThalmannSUI23:54(1)1:57:48(15)1:07:10(1)3:35:013Jannik SchauflerGER23:58(2)1:57:37(11)1:08:25(4)3:35:404Jose Ignacio Galvez PonceESP24:09(8)1:57:05(4)1:09:06(5)3:36:225Keran GallouFRA25:49(21)1:57:16(6)1:07:59(2)3:37:406Pol Le BotFRA24:13(10)2:00:36(36)1:08:03(3)3:39:247Thomas TeofiliFRA24:08(6)1:57:21(8)1:11:52(14)3:39:358Pierre MorazSUI25:07(14)1:57:49(16)1:10:15(10)3:39:469Mathieu MerlandFRA25:51(22)1:58:45(17)1:09:06(6)3:40:0310Lilian PierreFRA–––3:40:10
Bartlett and Dupuy Tops at Challenge Forte Village
France’s Pierre Dupuy has followed up his win at Gerardmer XL in September with another couple of wins – Challenge Vieux Bocau a couple of weeks ago, and then Challenge Forte Village in Sardinia on the weekend. The Frenchman used the day’s fastest swim and bike splits to put himself in the driver’s seat, easily hanging on for the win. Great Britain’s Nikki Bartlett rode her way into contention, then hung tough on the run to hold off Germany’s fast-running Daniela Kleiser to take the women’s title.
Women’s Results – Top 10
PosAthleteCountrySwimBikeRunOverall1Nikki BartlettGBR29:18(12)2:23:34(1)1:15:02(2)4:09:502Daniela KleiserGER32:07(18)2:25:24(2)1:11:41(1)4:11:333Justine GuerardFRA25:59(5)2:28:16(4)1:20:25(6)4:16:324Gabriella ZelinkaHUN29:13(11)2:28:11(3)1:16:55(3)4:17:015Ilaria ZaneITA25:45(2)2:32:04(10)1:19:17(4)4:18:506Sara SandriniITA26:38(8)2:31:26(8)1:20:45(7)4:20:437Alexandra TondeurBEL29:46(14)2:29:24(5)1:21:25(8)4:22:548Denise CavalliniITA25:49(3)2:36:12(14)1:19:49(5)4:24:049Larissa JasperGER28:06(9)2:31:20(7)1:23:37(14)4:25:1010Nicoletta SantonocitoITA26:07(6)2:34:23(12)1:23:07(12)4:25:41
Men’s Results – Top 10
PosAthleteCountrySwimBikeRunOverall1Pierre DupuyFRA22:31(1)2:03:31(1)1:10:09(3)3:37:562Joran DriesenBEL23:42(7)2:06:29(3)1:07:49(2)3:39:473Tom HugGER23:45(11)2:07:17(4)1:07:25(1)3:40:174Ruben ZepuntkeGER23:44(10)2:06:10(2)1:12:29(12)3:44:255Gábor FaldumHUN23:43(9)2:08:42(6)1:12:41(14)3:46:376Robin DupuyFRA23:47(14)2:08:25(5)1:13:10(16)3:47:007Florent LefebvreFRA24:57(18)2:09:04(8)1:11:43(9)3:47:298Raphael DassonvilleFRA24:58(19)2:10:05(13)1:10:45(6)3:47:329Andrea FiginiITA25:07(22)2:09:02(7)1:11:52(10)3:47:4310Matthew KaminerRSA25:13(26)2:10:16(14)1:10:54(7)3:48:18
Marathon Updates:
This weekend’s Marine Corps Marathon (Arlington, Virginia) had just shy of 25,000 finishers, with Kyle King winning the men’s race in 2:17:31 and Kaylee Slade winning the women’s race in 2:44:34.
Ethiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga was given a six-year suspension after testing positive for methylprednisolone. The positive test came after winning a half-marathon race in China in March. She received a two-year ban for the positive test, but a further four years after the Athletics Integrity Unit found she had submitted a fake prescription to try and justify use of the drug.
Sifan Hassan has withdrawn from the NYC Marathon, saying that illness has hurt her training. Hellen Obiri, the defending champion, will arrive in New York City as the favourite once again.
IRONMAN Releases Viewership Numbers for Kona
Taylor Knibb on her way to the win in Kona. Photo: Kevin Mackinnon
As Ryan Heisler reported last week, IRONMAN’s Kona race-day coverage was a success, and the numbers released this week by IRONMAN appear to back that up.
3.5M+ total live views, up 108% YoY
1.25M+ total live viewers, up 75% YoY
100K+ average concurrent viewers, up 188% YoY
“On the whole, IRONMAN and its broadcast partners did a very good job during the return to Kona,” Heisler concluded. “It also helped that both Mother Nature and the athletes decided to give us plenty of drama.”
Derron Leads T100 Field into Dubai
Julie Derron is all smiles as she takes T100 Vancouver. Photos: Kevin Mackinnon
Julie Derron, fresh off a third-place finish at the IRONMAN World Championship and the current leader of the T100 standings, will highlight the pro field competing at T100 Dubai on November 14. She finished second to Kate Waugh in Dubai last year – Waugh is also in the field as is her British compatriot Georgia Taylor-Brown.
Here’s the current start list for the race next month:
Julie Derron
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Bianca Bogen
Nicole Van Der Kaay
Sara Pérez Sala
Kate Waugh
Lisa Perterer
Jessica Fullagar
Lizzie Rayner
Caroline Pohle
Audrey Merle
Hanne De Vet
Katrine Christensen
Daniela Kleiser
Sophie Evans
Megan McDonald
Djenyfer Arnold
Francesca Crestani
Sara Sandrini
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