Posted on: Sunday, October 19, 2003
Reid captures men's Ironman for third time; Bowden top woman
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| Triathletes take to the water for the start of the Ironman World Championships at Kailua Bay on the Big Island.
Photos by WEST HAWAII TODAY via AP |
| • | Ironman shares staying power with Hawi town |
By Ron Staton
Associated Press
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| Peter Reid, top, and Lori Bowden, bottom, celebrate after crossing the finish line to capture Ironman titles. "I really, really hurt. I trained hard, saved my year for this race and it paid off," Reid said. |
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| Light winds aided the cyclists during the 112-mile bicycle ride in the second leg of the Ironman Triathlon World Champion-ship at Kailua, Kona, on the Big Island. |
The 34-year-old professional triathlete from Victoria finished the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride and 26.2-mile run in 8 hours, 22 minutes and 35 seconds. It was his third Hawaii Ironman victory after winning in 1998 and 2000.
"I really, really hurt," Reid said after crossing the finish line. "I trained hard, saved my year for this race and it paid off."
Rutger Beke of Belgium was second in 8:28:27, and Cameron Brown of New Zealand was third in 8:32:02.
Reid took the lead just before the 10-mile mark of the run, passing Normann Stadler of Germany, who was first to finish the bike ride and had a four-minute, 15-second lead going the run.
Defending champion Tim DeBoom was second going into the run but dropped out of the race at the 12-mile mark because of dehydration.
Lori Bowden of Canada, the 1999 champion who holds the women's course marathon record, made another strong marathon run and won the women's race. Her time was 9:11:55.
Bowden, who is Reid's estranged wife, passed Nina Kraft of Germany midway through the run after Kraft had regained the lead.
Kraft was the first woman to finish the bike ride but three-time defending champion Natasha Badmann was first to start the run because Kraft had to serve a three-minute penalty.
Badmann passed Kraft late in the run. Badmann's time was 9:17:08, while Kraft finished in 9:17:16.
Light winds helped the 1,647 athletes on the bicycle course, but they faced humid conditions for the run.
Jan Sibbersen, a former Olympic swimmer from Germany, was the first to finish the ocean swim in Kailua Bay with a time of 46 minutes and 50 seconds, just six seconds off the 1995 record pace of 46:44. He quickly fell behind in the bike ride.
Athletes from 42 states and 42 countries, and from ages 18 to 80, were registered.
TOP 20 FINISHERS
Men
1. Peter Reid, Canada, 8:22:35
2. Rutger Beke, Belgium, 8:28:27
3. Cameron Brown, New Zealand, 8:32:02
4. Normann Stadler, Germany, 8:32:47
5. Luke Bell, Australia, 8:34:38
6. Jurgen Zack, Germany, 8:35:19
7. Faris Al-Sultan, Germany, 8:35:51
8. Cameron Widoff, Boulder, Colo., 8:35:59
9. Michael Lovato, Boulder, Colo., 8:36:56
10. Mika Luoto, Finland, 8:37:19
11. Thomas Hellriegel, Germany, 8:37:46
12. Jason Shortis, Australia, 8:39:07
13. Chris Lieto, Danville, Calif., 8:39:18
14. Xavier Le Floch, France, 8:41:18
15. Lothar Leder, Germany, 8:41:49
16. Olaf Sabatschus, Germany, 8:42:07
17. Rene Rovera, France, 8:42:41
18. Ralf Eggert, Germany, 8:46:14
19. Olivier Bernhard, Switzerland, 8:50:33
20. Mitchell Anderson, Australia, 8:51:34
Women
1. Lori Bowden, Canada, 9:11:55
2. Natascha Badmann, Switzerland, 9:17:08
3. Nina Kraft, Germany, 9:17:16
4. Heather Fuhr, Canada, 9:19:02
5. Lisa Bentley, Canada, 9:22:41
6. Karin Thuerig, Switzerland, 9:26:28
7. Gina Kehr, Redwood City, Calif., 9:36:11
8. Deirdre Tennant, Kane'ohe, 9:40:54
9. Kate Major, Australia, 9:46:03
10. Belinda Granger, Australia, 9:46:29
11. Fernanda Keller, Brazil, 9:47:39
12. Paula Newby-Fraser, Encinitas, Calif., 9:51:40
13. Joanna Lawn, New Zealand, 9:52:20
14. Katja Schumacher, Germany, 9:56:03
15. Lynley Allison, New Zealand, 9:56:55
16. Monica Caplan, Boulder, Colo., 9:59:08
17. Heidi Jesberger, Germany, 10:03:19
18. Nina Fischer, Germany, 10:05:15
19. Linda Gallo, Santa Clara, Calif., 10:09:27
20. Karen Holloway, Richmond, Va., 10:09:51
