Sebastian Kienle, Mirinda Carfrae capture victory at 2014 Ironman World Championship

KAILUA-KONA, Hawai`i (October 11, 2014) –Today, Sebastian Kienle (DEU) dominated the 2014 IRONMAN World Championship presented by GoPro with the third-fastest bike split in championship history to become the first IRONMAN World Championship victor from Germany since 2006. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) defended her title as she won in dramatic fashion by overcoming a nearly 15-minute deficit on the marathon course, one of the largest such achievements in the championship race’s 36-year history.

 

Kienle, who began the bike portion of the race in 38th place, turned in an explosive performance on the road to Hawi by clocking the third-best bike time in IRONMAN World Championship history of 4:20:46. The 30-year-old German’s 2:54:37 marathon sealed his first IRONMAN World Championship with a final time of 8:14:18. Ben Hoffman (USA) was the runner up with a time of 8:19:23, the best finish by an American since Chris Lieto’s second place finish in 2006.

 

Jan Frodeno (DEU) took third in 8:20:32 followed by Andy Potts (USA) in 8:21:38 and Cyril Viennot (FRA) in 8:22:19 to round out the men’s top five. Defending champion Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) placed eighth in 8:24:11.

 

Top 10 professional men’s results are below:

 

                                                                     SWIM              BIKE               RUN                FINISH

1. Sebastian Kienle DEU        00:54:38          04:20:46          02:54:36          08:14:18
2. Ben Hoffman                USA        00:51:20          04:32:20          02:51:25          08:19:23
3. Jan Frodeno                 DEU        00:50:56          04:37:19          02:47:46          08:20:32
4. Andy Potts                   USA        00:50:56          04:36:56          02:48:18          08:21:38
5. Cyril Viennot                 FRA         00:54:32          04:31:18          02:51:55          08:22:19
6. Nils Frommhold             DEU        00:51:14          04:34:11          02:52:45          08:22:29
7. Tim Van Berkel              AUS        00:51:21          04:36:45          02:50:53          08:23:26
8. Frederik Van Lierde       BEL         00:51:03          04:32:17          02:56:21          08:24:11
9. Bart Aernouts                BEL         00:55:43          04:37:47          02:50:12          08:28:28
10. Romain Guillaume         FRA         00:51:08          04:34:23          02:59:58          08:30:15

 

 

The veteran Carfrae won with a time of 9:00:55, marking Carfrae’s second consecutive championship and third overall, to join Chrissie Wellington, Paula Newby-Fraser and Natascha Badmann as the only women to win three or more. Carfrae also improved her own marathon course record from 2013 (2:50:38) by finishing the 26.2-mile run in 2:50:26. Daniela Ryf (SUI), a first-time IRONMAN World Championship competitor and this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, led the women’s field throughout the day but was finally surpassed by the reigning champion at mile 22 of the marathon, finishing in second in 9:02:57.

 

Rachel Joyce (GBR) finished just over a minute after Ryf to take third place in 9:04:23. Jodie Swallow (GBR) and Caroline Steffen (SUI) rounded out the top five of the women’s field with times of 9:10:19 and 9:12:43, respectively.

 

Top 10 professional women’s results are below:

                                               SWIM              BIKE               RUN                FINISH

1. Mirinda Carfrae              AUS        01:00:14          05:05:48          02:50:26          09:00:55
2. Daniela Ryf                   CHE        00:56:55          04:54:33          03:07:00          09:02:57
3. Rachel Joyce                GBR        00:56:47          04:56:49          03:06:27          09:04:23
4. Jodie Swallow               GBR        00:54:28          05:02:46          03:08:45          09:10:19
5. Caroline Steffen            CHE        00:56:53          05:02:03          03:08:43          09:12:43
6. Julia Gajer                     DEU        01:00:17          05:06:13          03:04:39          09:16:58
7. Liz Lyles                       USA        01:00:19          05:10:15          03:03:24          09:18:11
8. Gina Crawford               NZL         00:55:04          05:17:30          03:01:49          09:19:21
9. Mary Beth Ellis              USA        00:54:56          05:00:04          03:21:24          09:20:46
10. Liz Blatchford                AUS        00:54:59          05:13:30          03:10:16          09:23:34

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