As you may have read in our Weekend Preview piece (check it out HERE), the debut of IRONMAN 70.3 Oman, Muscat, attracted a significant entry from British and Irish athletes.
The race took place today (Friday), local time, and a quick look through the results indicates several podium finishes (and likely many more World Championship qualification slots), from those entries.
While the event was Age-Group only, we did spot a familiar name still racing (and finishing second overall) in the women’s event – none other than six-time IRONMAN World Champion, Natascha Badmann, winning the F50-54 division by more than 37 minutes and second fastest female overall (4:39:24).
Our top three Female finishers:
1. Michela Santini
2. Natascha Badmann (6 times world champion)
3. Giulia Bedorin#IM703MUSCAT pic.twitter.com/8z5HXwoe3P— IRONMAN.Oman (@ironman_oman) March 1, 2019
The fastest British athletes overall on the day were Joseph Maynard (4:23:53, 3rd M30-34, 6th overall) and Suzanne Matonti (5:02:27, 3rd F35-37, 7th overall).
Antoine Mechin is #IM703MUSCAT’s first IRONMAN ever 😍 congratulations pic.twitter.com/Tb88HWEPe7
— IRONMAN.Oman (@ironman_oman) March 1, 2019
Here is the full listing of British and Irish podium results from Oman:
| Matthew Dewhurst | 2nd - M25-29 - 4:37:31 |
| Joseph Maynard | 3rd - M30-34 - 4:23:53 |
| Andy Edwards | 1st - M40-44 - 4:25:29 |
| Declan Doyle (IRL) | 1st - M45-49 - 4:27:19 |
| Lauren Kilian | 3rd - F30-34 - 5:25:32 |
| Suzanne Matonti | 3rd - F35-39 - 5:02:27 |
| Lisa Hancox | 1st - F40-44 - 5:08:47 |
| Clare McCulloch | 2nd - F40-44 - 5:10:33 |
| Sioned Taylor | 3rd - F45-49 - 5:23:34 |
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