A week after winning Challenge Roth and posting the third fastest Iron-distance time ever the Swiss triathlete Daniela Ryf wins Ironman Switzerland in 8:51:50, a new course record.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy strategy was to go easy,\u201d said Ryf after the race, \u201cbut Celine [Schaerer ] was going so good in the swim, I just had to follow. On the bike, I decided to go hard then, and on the run you can\u2019t go easy when there are so many people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schaerer, her Swiss compatriot, had the best swim split in 53:14 two seconds ahead of Ryf, but the reigning Ironman and Ironman 70.3 world champion then hammered away on the bike.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the best bike split by far, Ryf came off the bike with a lead of 21 minutes over Emma Bilham (SUI).<\/p>\n
\u201cMy body was working very good today,\u201d said Ryf.<\/p>\n
She smashed the race record in 8:51:50 by more than 8 minutes taking an impressive win.<\/p>\n
Behind the champion, Bilham added a great result to her CV after being runner-up at the Ironman France in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t chasing the Ironman World Champion today,\u201d said Bilham with a smile, \u201cI think she was already under the shower when I crossed the line. Daniela is in a different league.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s the 36-year old race legend\u00a0Ronnie Schildknecht celebrated his ninth win in 8:17:04 after a strong bike and run leg, which saw him overtake his rivals shortly before the half marathon mark and never gave it away again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI realised my win with two kilometres to go, and I was full of emotions,\u201d said Schildknecht .\u201dIt\u2019s a sensational moment, it is absolutely not normal for me to win here even if people may think that. This is a little Ironman world championship for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0Results<\/p>\n
Top 5 men<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 2 3 4 5 Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Top 5 Women<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 2 3 4 5
\nRonnie Schildknecht\u00a0
\nSUI\u00a0
\n00:55:39
\n04:31:01
\n02:47:07
\n08:17:04<\/p>\n
\nTimo Bracht\u00a0
\nGER
\n00:53:17
\n04:33:02
\n02:54:34
\n08:24:13<\/p>\n
\nJan van Van Berkel\u00a0
\nSUI\u00a0
\n00:52:56
\n04:33:37
\n02:59:23
\n08:29:12<\/p>\n
\nRoman Deisenhofer\u00a0
\nGER\u00a0
\n00:55:41
\n04:26:15
\n03:07:08
\n08:32:58<\/p>\n
\nDavid Plese\u00a0
\nSLO\u00a0
\n00:55:53
\n04:44:12
\n02:52:46
\n08:36:50<\/p>\n
\nDaniela Ryf\u00a0
\nSUI\u00a0
\n00:53:16
\n04:46:30
\n03:07:31
\n08:51:50<\/p>\n
\nEmma Bilham\u00a0
\nSUI\u00a0
\n00:57:41
\n05:03:58
\n03:16:36
\n09:21:48<\/p>\n
\nMichaela Herlbauer\u00a0
\nAUT\u00a0
\n01:01:05
\n05:07:02
\n03:15:37
\n09:28:12<\/p>\n
\nCeline Sch\u00e4rer\u00a0
\nSUI\u00a0
\n00:53:14
\n05:13:07
\n03:24:57
\n09:35:26<\/p>\n
\nAriane Monticeli\u00a0
\nBRA\u00a0
\n01:03:58
\n05:11:16
\n03:20:05
\n09:40:07<\/p>\n<\/section>\n