Top 8 women at 44km
Like the men, a large gap has formed between third and fourth places in the women's Ironman China race, after 44km.
Place Bike1 Tot Dif Numb Lname Fname City Pro Cnt
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1 2:08:27 27 Marsh, Amy USA
2 2:08:33 0:07 21 Nishiuchi, Maki HYOGO-PRE JPN
3 2:11:56 3:30 20 Gollnick, Heather USA
4 2:16:51 8:25 19 Leder, Nicole HESSEN GER
5 2:16:52 8:26 23 Jesberger, Heidi ASSAMSTADT GER
6 2:22:48 14:22 24 Morrison, Janelle CAN
7 2:33:14 24:48 25 Alldritt, Miranda CAN
8 2:36:58 28:32 22 Simonetta, Amy USA
Top 10 men at 44km
A large gap has formed between third and fourth places, with Luke McKenzie in first and almost doubling the lead he held out of the swim earlier this morning.
1 1:51:00 2 Mckenzie, Luke NOOSA QLD AUS
2 1:54:30 3:31 1 McCormack, Chris AUS
3 1:54:33 3:34 18 Fachbach, Markus GER
4 2:00:53 9:54 7 O'Halloran, Mathieu CAN
5 2:00:56 9:57 10 Nishiuchi, Hiroyuki HYOGO JPN
6 2:04:57 13:58 17 Marsh, Brandon USA
7 2:05:00 14:01 3 Leder, Lothar HESSEN GER
8 2:05:02 14:03 8 Major, Jozsef HUNGARY HUN
9 2:07:00 16:01 15 DeCook, Ryan USA
10 2:07:32 16:33 12 Groenbek, Jens FARUM DNK
McCormack out
Our news from the course is starting to flow through once again and the word is that 2007 Ford Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack has dropped out of the race just after the half way point on the bike
McKenzie flying
Luke McKenzie has put the foot down and now has a ten minute lead after 135km, with Markus Fachbach in second place. Both men are looking particularly good right now - local time 11am - with McKenzie in particular really taking the race by the scruff of the neck in increasingly hot and humid conditions