Kristian Blummenfelt wins at IRONMAN Frankfurt 2025
Blummenfelt smashes record in Frankfurt
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Kristian Blummenfelt has done it again. The Olympic and world champion dominated the HOMBRE DE HIERRO Frankfurt June 2025, XNUMX, taking the victory with a brutal time of 7:25:57, a new record for the event. The event, which hosted the IRONMAN European Championship, provided the stage for another performance by the Norwegian, who remains undefeated this year.
Swimming without problems
The conditions that day were almost perfect. The swim started with a tight and very competitive field. Andrea Salvisberg He was the first to leave the water with a time of 47:42closely followed by Kacper Stepniak, Jonas Schomburg y Ben Kanute.
Meanwhile, the big favorites like Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden, Magnus ditlev y Patrick Lange They came out about two minutes later, still staying very much in the game.
Cycling: mechanical chaos, attacks, and an unleashed Dane
Jonas Schomburg He took off like a bullet and soon opened up a lead of more than two minutes… until his bike gave out: his handlebars completely fell apart on the cobblestones and he had to retire.
That's when Kristian Høgenhaug took control. The Dane attacked decisively and passed the 100 kilometer mark with more than 4 minutes advantage. In the chasing group names like Ditlev, Stornes, Von Berg e Iden, although they were unable to stop the push of Høgenhaug, who reached T2 with 8:33 about the second.
Blummenfelt, legendary marathon and final exhibition
In the marathon, everything changed. Blummenfelt, who had come off the bike in eighth place, started to climb steadily. At 10 km he was already cutting the time. By the half marathon, he was already running alongside Stornes and both had left behind Ditlev.
Finally, at kilometer 35, Kristian Blummenfelt He took the lead and went straight for the win. His marathon was 2:30:59, a record in Frankfurt, and managed to reduce the overall best time of the event by almost two minutes, which had been his since 2024.
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Top 10 Rankings – IRONMAN Frankfurt 2025
| Job title | Athlete | Country | Final time |
| 1 | Kristian Blummenfelt | NOR | 7:25:57 |
| 2 | Kristian Høgenhaug | THE | 7:28:32 |
| 3 | Casper Stornes | NOR | 7:29:48 |
| 4 | Gustav Iden | NOR | 7:33:51 |
| 5 | Jonas hoffmann | GER | 7:35:55 |
| 6 | Rudy von berg | USA | 7:40:00 |
| 7 | Patrick Lange | GER | 7:41:38 |
| 8 | Magnus ditlev | THE | 7:42:22 |
| 9 | Cameron Wurf | AUS | 7:43:12 |
| 10 | Paul Schuster | GER | 7:43:44 |
