Sebastian Kienle and Sarah Crowley European Champions Ironman in Frankfurt

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He is the first male triathlete to win the 3 Continental Ironman titles. He is also the first to lower 5 times of 8 hours on an Ironman

Today it was played in the Ironman of Frankfurt el European Championship of the franchise, where they were some of the best triathletes of the specialty.

The race started at the 6: 30 in the morning, with the 3,800 km of swimming where the first to leave the water was the German Wojt, Lukasz followed by 1: 24 by a group of several athletes with the Spaniards Carlos López, and Peru Alfonso who came out in fifth position. Clemente Alonso finished the segment in tenth position at 2 minutes from the head of the race.

In the 180 km of cycling we could see a comeback of the World Champion in 2014 Sebastian Kienle, where little by little he was climbing positions to reach the leader of the test Andi Boecherer in the 140 km of cycling route. From there the two were together in the lead to get to the T2 with a difference of 10 '' with a time of 4: 02: 22 in completing the 180 km. As for the Spanish Peru Alfaro was the best arriving at the T2 with almost 15 'regarding the head of the test.

Already in the race on foot from the beginning Kienle imposed a strong pace that allowed him to take time to Boecherer to go through the 10 km with almost a minute difference and the half marathon with 2: 15. Sebastian Kienle He managed to maintain his advantage to reach the finish line in first position with a time of 7: 41: 42 and get the title of European Champion Ironman 2017. The second classified was Andi Boecherer followed by Patrik Nilsson (7: 50: 16) in third position.

As for the Spaniards, the best has been Carlos López (8: 26: 54) in 14º position, Michael Patrick Alonso (8: 40: 56) 19º, Iván Cáceres (8: 53: 16) the 21º

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Sarah Crowley comeback

As for the female test, all eyes were on Lucy Charles, winner this year in the Ironman of Lanzarote and in The Championship.

The first triathlete to get out of the water was Lucy Charles, achieving a crushing difference of 4:42 compared to the second classified Anja Beranek and Katja Konschak.

In the 180 km of cycling Lucy Charles did not give option dominating the segment from beginning to end and arriving at the T2 investing a total of 4: 45: 08 on the bike, The second to arrive at the T2 was the Australian was Sarah Crowley to 3: 52 and Anja Beranek to 8: 34.

In the 42 km of running we could see how the British was losing time with Crowley to go through the 21 km with only 36 seconds apart. Finally, the German managed to overtake Charles by going solo and take advantage of 1: 20 to 13 km of the end of the test.

Finally, the Australian Sarah Crowley got the final victory in a time of 8: 47: 58.Lucy Charles (08: 51: 50) has been second. Alexandra Tondeur (08: 59: 55) has been third.

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