In the past few days, the Ironman World Championships (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) have been held in 25 age groups and in handcycles. Two titles each went to Germany and Switzerland as well as an Austrian paratriathlete.
Henrike Güber won for Germany in the age group W25-29. Güber only just missed out on overall victory in the amateur women: the federal police officer was in the lead for a long time on Thursday, but when she ran out of strength at the end of the 226-kilometer route, she turned in the wrong direction onto Alii Drive instead of onto the home stretch and ended up walking 1.7 kilometers too much (she told us more regarding this on Friday in our live show “Kona Daily”).
Christian Störzer fared better: The overall runner-up at the Ironman World Championships in Utah in May left all of the competition behind on Saturday and was also faster than all the starters on Thursday. With that, Störzer was crowned the overall winner of the 4,900 amateurs who started at the biggest Ironman World Championships of all time.
Sandra Dänzer won the W50-54 class for Switzerland, Max Hochstrasser won the M74-79 class. The fastest wheelchair user was the Austrian Thomas Frühwirth, who also at “Kona Daily” reported on his race.
Ironman World Championship 2022 | age group
6. und 8. Oktober 2022 | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (USA)
| Agegroup | Name | Land | In total | 3,86 km Swim | 180,2 km Bike | 42,195 km Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F18-24 | Julia Sanz-Iglesias | USA | 10:26:30 | 1:04:28 | 5:27:35 | 3:47:18 |
| F25-29 | Henrike Guber | GER | 9:40:14 | 1:09:54 | 4:59:02 | 3:24:56 |
| F30-34 | Magdalena Lenz | POL | 9:37:29 | 1:04:17 | 5:05:13 | 3:21:29 |
| F35-39 | Ana Soares | BRA | 9:53:34 | 1:05:40 | 5:08:28 | 3:31:12 |
| F40-44 | Jan Richtrov | USA | 10:02:31 | 1:13:50 | 5:06:47 | 3:33:39 |
| F45-49 | Liza Rachetto | USA | 10:23:36 | 1:02:44 | 5:37:30 | 3:35:52 |
| F50-54 | Sandra Dancer | SUI | 10:45:05 | 1:10:42 | 5:30:44 | 3:54:00 |
| F55-59 | Yvonne Timewell | CAN | 11:07:19 | 1:09:48 | 5:46:33 | 4:00:43 |
| F60-64 | Sharon Mackinnon | CAN | 12:25:47 | 1:15:07 | 6:17:17 | 4:36:45 |
| F65-69 | Donna Smyers | USA | 12:22:38 | 1:20:52 | 6:16:40 | 4:31:33 |
| F70-74 | Missy Smyers | USA | 13:54:22 | 1:18:09 | 6:55:28 | 5:24:27 |
| F75-79 | Cherie Gruenfeld | USA | 16:20:07 | 1:30:20 | 7:36:01 | 6:57:53 |
| M18-24 | Andoni Valencia | MEX | 8:59:58 | 0:56:05 | 4:43:51 | 3:13:48 |
| M25-29 | Matthew Marquardt | USA | 8:35:49 | 0:49:58 | 4:38:21 | 3:01:35 |
| M30-34 | Miao Hao | CHN | 8:41:11 | 0:52:23 | 4:41:50 | 3:00:49 |
| M35-39 | Tom De Bruyn | USA | 8:41:30 | 0:59:48 | 4:31:18 | 3:04:23 |
| M40-44 | Christian Störzer | GER | 8:31:26 | 0:57:10 | 4:29:06 | 2:59:05 |
| M45-49 | Jose Belarmino | BRA | 9:02:31 | 0:54:07 | 4:45:38 | 3:14:40 |
| M50-54 | Ulrik Jespersen | THE | 9:28:24 | 1:03:40 | 4:50:32 | 3:26:38 |
| M55-59 | Anton Walter Elie | NED | 9:51:23 | 1:07:28 | 5:00:02 | 3:35:06 |
| M60-64 | Tim Bradley | USA | 10:30:14 | 1:17:44 | 5:17:04 | 3:43:04 |
| M65-69 | Martin Gannon | GBR | 10:55:21 | 1:18:45 | 5:24:04 | 4:02:18 |
| M70-74 | Fred Skinner | USA | 12:48:54 | 1:27:49 | 6:04:02 | 4:59:33 |
| M75-79 | Max Hochstrasser | SUI | 14:12:22 | 1:28:32 | 6:40:37 | 5:44:18 |
| M80-84 | Hiroshi Nakata | JPN | 15:41:51 | 1:20:48 | 8:16:41 | 5:40:18 |
| HC – Bad | Thomas Frühwirth | AUT | 8:15:39 | 1:03:01 | 5:01:23 | 2:05:58 |
| HC – Female | Lauren Parker | OUT | 12:20:35 | 1:03:01 | 7:14:10 | 3:48:38 |