by Ironman Media
Five months ago Terenzo Bozzone lay in the hospital in a coma with life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a vehicle while training. The 33-year-old New Zealander displayed his resilience to not only return to the sport, but grab a victory in his comeback race at IRONMAN 70.3 Western Sydney. He was joined in the winners’ circle by the remarkable Radka Kahlefeldt, who dominated from the get-go to score her fourth victory in her first full year back in the sport after giving birth to her daughter.
Bozzone was out of the 1.9km swim in a lead group with a telling 1:30 lead on the key chasers despite calm conditions on Penrith Lake. He joined with Australian Sam Appleton, who sports a superb palmares in 2018 with three wins, to stretch out on the mostly flat bike, clear by 2:42 at halfway and remarkably over eight minutes on to the run. Bozzone’s key concern was an achilles injury, which has restricted his running mostly to a treadmill. But his 1:15 was the fastest of all, paired with his fastest bike of 2:01 to produce a stunning return.
Kahlefeldt, despite a full distance race the previous week and on the back of five podiums in six starts in 2018, was in a class of her own. It is a simple equation – if you have the fastest swim, fastest bike and near-fastest run then you not only win but you dominate. Radka achieved that with a 27:42 swim, 2:20 bike and 1:21 run to triumph by four minutes from an exceptional talent in New Zealand’s Hannah Wells with Australia’s Grace Thek storming home with the run-best 1:20 for third but seven minutes behind the winner.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 | Bozzone, Terenzo | NZL | 3:43:26 |
2 | Appleton, Sam | AUS | 3:45:38 |
3 | Munro, Casey | AUS | 3:53:26 |
4 | Mainwaring, David | AUS | 3:55:57 |
5 | Douglas, Sam | AUS | 3:56:43 |
Top 5 Pro Women
1 | Kahlefeldt, Radka | CZE | 4:12:25 |
2 | Wells, Hannah | NZL | 4:16:44 |
3 | Thek, Grace | AUS | 4:19:35 |
4 | Dennis, Laura | AUS | 4:22:53 |
5 | Mitchell, Jessica | AUS | 4:39:54 |
Originally from: http://asia.ironman.com/triathlon/news/articles/2018/11/the-monday-round-up-11.26.aspx#ixzz5Y0to36Tx




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