Coup d'authority by Alistair Brownlee at the Ironman 70.3 St George

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British triathlete Alistair Brownlee took the victory with a 3 time: 41: 58 ahead of Lionel Sanders and German Sebatian Kienle

The double Olympic champion,Alistair Brownlee, has achieved victory in the Iroman 70.3 of Saint Goerge, also securing the classification for the 70.3 World Championship by winning the North American distance championship.

From the first meters of swimming Alistair along with three other triathletes achieve a small advantage that will increase little by little, being Ben Kanuté the first to cover the 1900m of swimming with a time of 23: 16 and next to the Alistair Brownlee, Stuart Hayens and Sam Appleton. At 40” from them a group with Tim Don and Sudrie. In 21ª position arrived Kienle to the T1 to 2 'of the head ... and further back the 29º was Sanders more than 3 '

After a rapid transition from the eldest of the brothers Brownlee "To the WTS", he left the T1 first and began to pedal hard without anyone being able to follow him. Behind Lionel Sanders I hunted Sebatian Kienle and both were gradually rising positions, to be placed second and third respectively mediating the cycling sector ... although they did not manage to cut time to double Olympic champion. After the 90km of cycling Alistair Brownlee arrived first at the T2 and almost 3 'the duo formed by Kienle and Sanders. A minute and a half of them did it Tim Don.

The final 21km on foot were going to be the judge of the competition. Sanders He went running at a very high pace, soon Kienle gave way ... and ahead Alistair kept the distance with the Canadian triathlete. During the first 12km Alistair and Sanders maintained a nice pulse, running at a similar pace ... but in the last few kilometers the pace of the Briton fell considerably, we do not know if due to the effort of the test ... or that was controlling his pursuer.

Finally victory of Alistair Brownlee with a time of 3: 41: 58 followed by Lionel Sanders only 33” and third was Sebatian Kienle.

TOP 3 MEN:

Alistair Brownlee 3: 41: 58

Lionel Sanders 3: 42: 31

Sebastian Kienle 3: 46: 20

At the time of publishing the chronicle, the women's competition was not over yet, Holly Lawrence He was an outstanding leader. We will expand when finished.

Photos: ironman.com