Alice Hector heads British podium success in Israel
A third ISRAMAN 113 victory for Alice
The winner in both 2014 and 2016, Great Britain’s Alice Hector returned to Israel again today to make it another early season victory at the 2018 edition of ISRAMAN Eilat. Racing in the half-distance ‘113’ event, she didn’t quite manage her hoped for ‘Sub-5’ goal on the very challenging course – but she did finish sixth overall; “been a LONG time since I felt as solid as that in a race!”, she said.
Israman – just a bit too windy for that elusive sub 5! But very happy to take 3rd win out of 3. 🤗 Such a great event – more GB people should make the trip!
Big thanks to @IntelliTri for getting me back on track – thought I was a goner last summer. pic.twitter.com/PPs5zD75LR
— alicehector (@AliceH82) January 26, 2018
Second place went to another Brit, Tara Grosvenor, the winner in November of the BallBuster Duathlon and also an Age-Group Bronze medallist at the ETU Middle Distance European Championships in Denmark last year.
While Alice repeated her victory in the 113, the full distance (226) event also saw a repeat of his 2016 third place for Hywel Davies. The multi-talented Davies, who has held world records for indoor rowing, been all but unbeatable in the world of cross training and won everything from Sprint to Double-Iron in his varied sporting career, survived a puncture this time around and a very tight battle for third over the final 5km, to complete the podium. Germany’s Till Schramm took the win, his 9:39:20 time a true reflection of the challenge that athletes face at ISRAMAN.
With a 1st, 2nd and 3rd, the run of positions from British athletes added a ‘4th’ in the women’s iron-distance (226) race courtesy of Victoria Nealon. Both Nealon and Grosvenor are coached by Hywel.
ISRAMAN 113 – Friday 26th Janaury 2018
1.9km / 90km / 21.1km
WOMEN
1st – Alice Hector (GBR) – 5:03:58
2nd – Tara Grosvenor (GBR) – 5:30:17
3rd – Irena Mazin (ISR) – 5:53:59
Well dones for @hyweltowel – 3rd in Israman 226 and @TaraGrosvenor 2nd in the 113! Good day for GB in Israel so far – still the women's 226 podium to be decided! 🇮🇱🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/GvWZJDYzB2
— alicehector (@AliceH82) January 26, 2018
MEN
1st – Diego Van Looy (BEL) – 4:41:46
2nd – Diederik Scheltinga (NED) – 4:47:27
3rd – Roee Zo-Arets (ISR) – 4:50:37
ISRAMAN 226 – Friday 26th Janaury 2018
3.8km / 180km / 42.2km
MEN
1st – Till Schramm (GER) – 9:39:20
2nd – David Jilek (CZE) – 9:59:22
3rd – Hywel Davies (GBR) – 10:02:04
@hyweltowel puncture no problem !! #Israman2018 🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/uO7LV9fPtA
— Lisa Melvin (@lisamelvindesig) January 26, 2018
WOMEN
1st – Antonina Reznikov (ISR) – 10:50:34
2nd – Simona Krivankova (CZE) – 11:13:28
3rd – Carmen Macheriotou (CYP) – 11:19:03
4th – Victoria Nealon (GBR) – 11:50:19