Taylor Knibb Claims IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside Victory, Rudy von Berg Takes Podium Spot

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — With many of triathlon’s best on hand, Boulder’s Taylor Knibb (USA) provided a dominate performance in the women’s professional race at this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. Knibb secured her victory in a time of 4 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds. Brazil’s Luisa Baptista finished second in 4:08:45, while Britain’s Holly Lawrence rounded out third in 4:09:17.

The men’s race came down to the final half mile of the run where Jackson Laundry of Canada moved into first to take the win in 3:45:00. A half minute later, Lionel Sanders of Canada and Boulder’s Rudy von Berg — a former University of Colorado triathlon standout — stopped the clock in 3:45:33 with Sanders edging out von Berg in the photo finish.

The race was featured live on Outside TV — the first in a series of 11 IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon events from across globe to broadcast exclusively on the platform.

 

 

 

 

 

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 Top five professional women’s results:

		SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Taylor Knibb	USA	00:23:22	02:20:17	01:17:48	04:06:32
2. Luisa Baptista	BRA	00:23:38	02:23:38	01:17:01	04:08:45
3. Holly Lawrence	GBR	00:23:27	02:23:50	01:17:39	04:09:17
4. Ashleigh Gentle	AUS	00:24:02	02:27:20	01:16:36	04:12:21
5. Jackie Hering	USA	00:25:48	02:23:58	01:18:59	04:13:46

Top five professional men’s results:

		SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Jackson Laundry	CAN	00:22:53	02:07:53	01:10:10	03:45:00
2. Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:24:26	02:08:09	01:08:29	03:45:33
3. Rudy von Berg	USA	00:22:35	02:08:05	01:10:54	03:45:33
4. Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:22:32	02:08:03	01:11:04	03:45:55
5. Ben Kanute	USA	00:22:28	02:08:11	01:11:58	03:46:32