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Alistair Brownlee, Nikki Bartlett on top at IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire

IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire saw a gun-to-tape complete performance from Alistair Brownlee and a first IRONMAN 70.3 title for Nikki Bartlett
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Alistair Brownlee in a league of his own in Ireland

Nikki Bartlett wins her second consecutive Pro race

Last year – in one of the greatest triathlon races ever in many peoples eyes – Great Britain’s twice Olympic champion, Alistair Brownlee, took the silver medal behind Germany’s Jan Frodeno at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship. Two weeks out from the 2019 event in Nice, France – on a course that should suit him even more – he will surely start as the strong favourite on the French Riviera after his total destruction on IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Loaghaire in Ireland on Sunday.

He claimed his ‘Irish double’, adding to the win at IRONMAN Cork, with the fastest swim (exiting the water with Chris Mintern (IRL) and Adam Bowden), the fastest bike split (reaching T2 with a lead of almost six minutes), and finishing off with a 1:11:42 run (again, fastest of the day despite being under no pressure), to cross the line more than 10 minutes clear of 2018 champion, Elliot Smales.

His decision to skip the Tokyo Test Event (and potential automatic Olympic qualification) and focus on Nice and Kona for the remainder of the season, is looking like a very smart decision.

DUN LAOGHAIRE, IRELAND - AUGUST 25: IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire on August 25, 2019 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for IRONMAN) - Alistair Brownlee
Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for IRONMAN

For the Pro women, no surprise to anyone to see Lucy Hall first out of the water, 1:21 ahead of Rebecca Clarke (NZL) and approaching five minutes back to IRONMAN Lanzarote winner, Nikki Bartlett. Hall and Bartlett rode almost identical times on the challenging Irish course, which meant that Nikki would start the run 4:55 down on London 2012 Olympian, Lucy.

The gap started to close immediately; inside four minutes at 5km and little more than two minutes another ‘parkrun’ later, the catch finally being made around the 13.5km mark. Hall had no response, while Bartlett powered on to 1:25:55 run split and what ended up as a winning margin over Hall of 7:47. Having won her first Pro race at Lanzarote in May – after 14 previous podiums – she’s now taken the top step, back-to-back.

DUN LAOGHAIRE, IRELAND - AUGUST 25: Nikki Bartlett of Great Britain celebrates as she wins the womens race during IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire on August 25, 2019 in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for IRONMAN) *** Local Caption *** Nikki Bartlett
Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for IRONMAN

IRONMAN 70.3 Dun Laoghaire, Sunday 25th August 2019
1.9km / 90km / 21.1km

PRO MEN

1st – Alistair Brownlee (GBR) – 4:00:34
2nd – Elliot Smales (GBR) – 4:10:58
3rd – Adam Bowden (GBR) – 4:13:47
4th – Chris Mintern (IRL) – 4:17:26

7th – Harry Palmer (GBR) – 4:24:26
8th – Pete Dyson (GBR) – 4:26:03
9th – Bryan McCrystal (IRL) – 4:26;42
13th – Ian Dempsey (GBR) – 4:34:30
14th – Brian Glynn (IRL) – 4:47:25
DNF – Tim Don (GBR)

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nfxcDAExc/

PRO WOMEN

1st – Nikki Bartlett (GBR) – 4:46:44
2nd – Lucy Hall (GBR) – 4:54:26
3rd – Lisa Roberts (USA) – 4:55:12
4th – Tessa Kortekaas (NED) – 4:58:05
5th – Laura Siddall (GBR) – 5:02:58
6th – Rebecca Clarke (NZL) – 5:33:23

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John Levison
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John Levison
TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.
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