Winning a race is one thing, beating records another thing. Announcing a World's best time attempt in long distance triathlon months prior race day and delivering on it is stellar.
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Jan Frodeno pulverized existing benchmarks on a day of great racing in Roth with his 7:35:39. Photo: TEAMChallenge, Christoph Raithel |
Jan Frodeno is not only in Kona the benchmark to beat. On a day with favourable conditions and nearly perfect execution(except a walk on the wild side by bike and a nearby crash with a car), Frodeno brought a 7:35:39 (0:45:22 - 0:01:36 - 4:08:07 - 0:01:18 - 2:39:18) historic win home, beating Andreas Raelert's 7:41:33 time on same race course in Roth by nearly 6 (-5:54) minutes.
7:35:39 is the new fast. Runner up were 20 minutes behind Joe Skipper and defending Roth champion Nils Frommhold.
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Daniela Ryf (center) was able to hold off Carrie Lester (right) and Yvonne Van Vlerken (left) by 20+ minutes. Photo: TEAMChallenge |
Daniela Ryf, last minute entry after her hypothermia DNF in Frankfurt was very close to make it a truly historic day. Still short on some training, her 8:22:04 (0:49:10 - 0:02:20 - 4:31:29 - 0:01:28 - 2:57:40) followed by Carrie Lester and Yvonne Van Vlerken brought her in striking distance to Chrissie Wellington's 8:18:13 (2011) record.