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Yvonne Van Vlerken makes history in Roth
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On a record-setting day in Roth, defending champion Yvonne Van Vlerken of the Netherlands took out a dramatic win that smashed triathlon legend Paula Newby-Fraser's world record of 8:50:53 set here in 1994 with a scintillating 8:45:48.
And proving that the bar has been lifted to new heights in women's triathlon, the second place woman - Hungary's Erika Csomor - also came in under Newby-Fraser's time, in 8:47:05. Third went to New Zealand's Gina Ferguson, in only her second year of Ironman racing, in 8:57:18. Australia's Belinda Granger, the 2005 champion, took fourth less than a minute behind Ferguson with fellow Aussie Rebekah Keat fifth in 9:02:34.
"I am so happy. I trained so hard and dreamt of a world record every night, but today with the weather it was so hard," an ecstatic Van Vlerken said at the finish. "It was raining all the time and there was a lot of wind - but bye, bye, world record. I felt great." "The world record belongs to Roth and I hope it will last until next year when I can break it again if there are good conditions," Van Vlerken said.
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Race in
| 12. July 2009
