IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See 2024 results. Caroline Pohle and Mika Noodt take the win
In the men's category, his compatriot mika noodt, in his IRONMAN Pro Series debut, took the win with a time of 3:46:04, beating the race record by two seconds.
At IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun, athletes competed for a maximum of 2.500 IRONMAN Pro Series points, a total professional prize pool of $50,000 and three qualifying spots per gender to the 70.3 IRONMAN 2025 World Championship in Marbella, Spain.
Pohle emerged from the water in second position, just behind Lauren Brandon, but managed to overtake the American in T1, taking the lead on the bike and keeping it until the end.
Behind her, a group of pursuers formed on the bicycle, composed of Lena Meißner, Els Visser, Laura Madson y Grace thek.
As Pohle extended his lead on the run, becoming increasingly uncatchable, a battle for the podium broke out between Madsen, Visser and Thek.
With about 2km to go, Madsen began to lose ground, while Thek took over second place, leaving the Dane in third. Thek and Madsen finished less than two minutes behind Pohle.
Top 10 female
| Job title | Athlete | Final time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroline Pohle | 4:17:24 |
| 2 | Grace thek | 4:18:58 |
| 3 | Laura Madson | 4:19:23 |
| 4 | Ellie Salthouse | 4:20:57 |
| 5 | Els Visser | 4:21:29 |
| 6 | Lisa Perterer | 4:23:11 |
| 7 | Daniela Cleiser | 4:23:51 |
| 8 | Marjolaine Pierre | 4:23:55 |
| 9 | Lisa Norden | 4:24:11 |
| 10 | Kate Curran | 4:24:58 |
In the men's category, a similar dynamic developed. Mika Noodt took the lead at the beginning of the cycling section, achieving the best time of the day in this discipline (2:02:11) and securing a new record for the event.
Noodt started the run with a lead of 4:47 minutes over Jelle Geens, an advantage that he managed to maintain throughout the race, finishing more than 5 minutes ahead of Geens.
Jan Stratman (Germany), last year's champion, came out third on the bike, but slowed slightly in the race, being overtaken by Gregor Payet (Luxembourg) and Tom Hug (Germany) to take third and fourth place respectively. For Payet, this was her first participation in an IRONMAN 70.3.
Men's 10 Top
| Job title | Athlete | Final time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mika noodt | 3:46:04 |
| 2 | Jelle Geens | 3:51:09 |
| 3 | Gregor Payet | 3:51:59 |
| 4 | Tom Hug | 3:52:18 |
| 5 | Jan Stratman | 3:53:34 |
| 6 | Itamar Eshed | 3:55:27 |
| 7 | Jonas hoffmann | 3:55:29 |
| 8 | Jannik Schaufler | 3:57:00 |
| 9 | Florian Angert | 3:57:20 |
| 10 | Bart Aernouts | 3:58:39 |
