A good 2,100 age groupers took on the challenge of the “Ironman World Championship”, more than half of whom were competing on the Big Island for the first time. These athletes were the fastest in their age group.
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The overall victory among the age groupers was secured by the Frenchwoman Maelle Deruaz from the W25-29. After 9:14:12 hours she reached the destination at the Kailua-Kona pier. Second place overall went to Barbora Besperat (W30–34) from the Czech Republic. Her race lasted 9:19:52 hours. The Swiss Michelle Krebs finally followed in third place with a time of 9:25:10 hours. Krebs also became vice world champion in the W25-29. The Swiss had a total of three top ten results in the overall ranking: Laura Kessler and Livia Eggler took eighth and ninth place.
Katrin Esefeld (W40–44) crossed the finish line as the best German after 9:58:09 and 27th of all age groupers. In 28th place, Anja Fachbach (W35–39) also remained under the ten-hour mark with 9:58:31 hours. A total of five German athletes were able to be happy about placing in the top 5 of their age group. They will be recognized at the official awards ceremony on Sunday and can take the famous wooden bowl home as a trophy.
Ironman World Championships 2023: The age group champions from Kailua-Kona
14. October 2023 | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (USA) W18–24 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Ava WafelUSA9:47:27 2Sarah KarollusGER10:04:11 3Aubrie YarbroughUSA10:41:46 4Clara DebiassiARG10:44:39 5Claire CalkinsUSA10:49:46 W25–29 PlatzNameN ationZeit 1Maelle DeruazFRA9:14 :12 2Michelle KrebsSUI9:25:10 3Lea Zoe RiccoboniFRA9:36:08 4Livia EgglerSUI9:41:13 5Kyra MeulenbergNED9:46:03 W30–34 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Barbora BesperatCZE9:19:52 2Svetlana UshikovaCYP9:34 :51 3Laura KesslerSUI9:40:04 4Sera SayarTUR 9:45:55 5 0:05 W40–44 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Jana RichtrovaCZE9:38:51 2Helena KotopuluCZE9:54:07 3Meghan FillnowUSA9:55:40 4Katrin EsefeldGER9:58:09 5Jennifer ZenkerAUS10:01:57 W45–49 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Jessica Jones LasleyUSA9:57:28 2Fiona WhelanAUS10:07:35 3Katharina GrölzGER10: 17:04 4Pamela EspinozaCHI10:26:04 5Beatrix CserHUN10:26:51 W50–54 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Sandra DaenzerSUI10:19:29 2Natasja BarclayNZL10:29:15 3Edina JungSUI10:30:05 4Marialuz ArellanoECU10:3 1:31 5Beni Gras ThompsonUSA10:42:28 W55–59 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Michelle EnslinRSA10:40:06 2Karen SmithBER10:50:10 3Marion HebdingGER10:52:18 4Claudia HeindlGER10:55:39 5Sally SalterGBR11:01:15 W60–64 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Donna Kay-NessUSA 10:57:10 2Linda HurleyUSA11:12 :17 3Kaisa JakobsenFIN11:14:05 4June WardAUS11:17:37 5Christine GlahUSA11:20:46 W65–69 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Judy DaggettUSA12:22:53 2Barbara TettenbornSUI13:26:25 3Stephanie HevenorUSA13:36:37 4 Jean WatsonUSA13:40:31 5Laurelee NelsonCAN14 :04:22 W70–74 PlatzNameNationZeit 1Missy LestrangeUSA14:08:00 2Patricia RosenUSA15:01:28 3Viola BurkeCAN16:47:25 4Diane TracyUSA16:52:54 PC PlatzNameNationZeit 1Adrienne BunnUSA12:41:18 2Doug GuthrieUSA12 :41:19 3Kc NorthupUSA12:42 :15 4Marlynne StutzmannUSA12:42:17 5Rachel ZambranoUSA13:57:38
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