Andy Potts (USA) won the Ford Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater in 3:42:33 ahead of Oscar Galindez (ARG) and Andrew Johns. With just four seconds separating the top two places you can tell it was a close-run thing with Potts getting the upper hand after sitting on Galindez's shoulder for the last few miles and then accelerating past to take the win - not quite a sprint finish but the nearest you'll get after the best part of four hours of racing. AJ's placing owes much to his steady approach, he was always in and around the top five on the bike and ran his way through the field to secure his Bronze. The defending champion, Craig Alexander, had to settle for fourth. Other GB elite results included Fraser Cartmell in seventh, Jonathan Hotchkiss 19th, Andrew Fargus 21st, James Hadley 27th and Toby Jameson 31st (he punctured early on the bike and lost six minutes). Spencer Smith was a DNF and it looks as though Simon Lessing didn't start.

Julie Dibens led the women's race from the start with a 50m buffer after the swim and a two minute lead at T2 and it all looked very hopeful. But, as is often the way with hope, the effort of maintaining that pace through the first half of the run seemed to take its toll and she was passed by a charging Mirinda Carfrae (USA) who stole the win with a perfectly timed run in 4:07:25 - a new world's best. Defending champion Sam McGlone (CAN) also ran past Julie for second place while Leanda Cave, who had been in the top ten mix all day, took an excellent third. Julie had to settle for fourth and collapsed over the line. Cat Morrison was fifth which topped her hopes for a top ten place while Michelle Lee was tenth and Abi Bayley was 14th. Possibly the best set of middle distance women's results at this level we've ever seen - although we're sure the stats legend will correct us shortly!

We have been through the age group results and so far we have identified Silver medals for Richard Iles, David Patten and Peter Norman plus Bronze medals for Dion Harrison and Daf Belt. A set has been uploaded here and if there are any updates owing to the country being mis-assigned please let us know.