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2017 Challenge "The Championship" Samorin

June 2, 2017 · Samorin, Slovenia

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Distance
Half-Iron (70.3 miles)
Middle Distance
Field size
47
26 men · 21 women
Men SOF
Unavailable
Women SOF
Unavailable

Race story in the data

Men: Lionel Sanders won in 3:40:03 with a +1:43 margin. Lionel Sanders had the fastest run (1:14:21).

Women: Lucy Charles-Barclay won in 4:13:59 with a +0:34 margin. Rachel Klamer had the fastest run (1:23:29).

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Race summary

2017 Challenge "The Championship" Samorin 2017 - Men

ProTriStats

Winner: Lionel Sanders in 3:40:03

Margin: +1:43

Fastest bike: Lionel Sanders - 1:56:04

Fastest run: Lionel Sanders - 1:14:21

Top points: Lionel Sanders - 108.82 pts

Field: 22/26 finishers

Race summary

2017 Challenge "The Championship" Samorin 2017 - Women

ProTriStats

Winner: Lucy Charles-Barclay in 4:13:59

Margin: +0:34

Fastest bike: Kimberley Morrison - 2:12:08

Fastest run: Rachel Klamer - 1:23:29

Top points: Lucy Charles-Barclay - 90.77 pts

Field: 15/21 finishers

Men race summary

22 finishers from 26 starters

Winner
Lionel Sanders
3:40:03
Winning margin
+1:43
Gap to second place
Fastest swim
Richard Varga · 21:31
Fastest bike
Lionel Sanders · 1:56:04
Fastest run
Lionel Sanders · 1:14:21
Top points
Lionel Sanders
108.82 pts

Women race summary

15 finishers from 21 starters

Winner
Lucy Charles-Barclay
4:13:59
Winning margin
+0:34
Gap to second place
Fastest swim
Lucy Charles-Barclay · 23:25
Fastest bike
Kimberley Morrison · 2:12:08
Fastest run
Rachel Klamer · 1:23:29
Top points
Lucy Charles-Barclay
90.77 pts

Men split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

  1. 1
    Richard Varga
    Finish 11
    21:31
  2. 2
    Michael Raelert
    Finish 3
    22:48
  3. 3
    Richard Murray
    Finish 5
    22:51

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

  1. 1
    Lionel Sanders
    Finish 1
    1:56:04
  2. 2
    Sebastian Kienle
    Finish 2
    1:56:09
  3. 3
    Andreas Dreitz
    Finish 4
    2:00:02

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

  1. 1
    Lionel Sanders
    Finish 1
    1:14:21
  2. 2
    Richard Murray
    Finish 5
    1:15:50
  3. 3
    Richard Varga
    Finish 11
    1:15:52
Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

Women split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

  1. 1
    Lucy Charles-Barclay
    Finish 1
    23:25
  2. 2
    Annabel Luxford
    Finish 2
    23:49
  3. 3
    Ellie Salthouse
    Finish 5
    24:51

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

  1. 1
    Kimberley Morrison
    Finish 6
    2:12:08
  2. 2
    Heather Wurtele
    Finish 3
    2:14:46
  3. 3
    Annabel Luxford
    Finish 2
    2:15:57

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

  1. 1
    Rachel Klamer
    Finish 4
    1:23:29
  2. 2
    Lucy Charles-Barclay
    Finish 1
    1:25:10
  3. 3
    Ellie Salthouse
    Finish 5
    1:29:06
Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

PodiumMen

Winner time: 3:40:03
🥇#1
CA
Lionel Sanders
3:40:03
108.82 pts
🥈#2
DE
Sebastian Kienle
3:41:46
103.69 pts
🥉#3
DE
Michael Raelert
3:45:34
92.33 pts

PodiumWomen

Winner time: 4:13:59
🥇#1
GB
Lucy Charles-Barclay
4:13:59
90.77 pts
🥈#2
AU
Annabel Luxford
4:14:33
89.27 pts
🥉#3
CA
Heather Wurtele
4:15:36
86.47 pts

Men · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 8
#1#5#10SwimBikeRunFinish#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8
Lionel Sanders1Sebastian Kienle2Michael Raelert3Andreas Dreitz4Richard Murray5Pieter Heemeryck6Boris Stein7Julian Mutterer8

Women · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 8
#1#5#10SwimBikeRunFinish#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8
Lucy Charles-Barclay1Annabel Luxford2Heather Wurtele3Rachel Klamer4Ellie Salthouse5Kimberley Morrison6Anja Ippach7Corina Hengartner8

Men · Finish Time Distribution

Women · Finish Time Distribution

Male Pro Results

26 participants

3:40:03
Swim
24:46
Bike
1:56:04
Run
1:14:21
3:41:46
Swim
24:45
Bike
1:56:09
Run
1:16:07
3:45:34
Swim
22:48
Bike
2:00:16
Run
1:18:01
3:47:17
Swim
22:59
Bike
2:00:02
Run
1:18:54
3:50:22
Swim
22:51
Bike
2:05:58
Run
1:15:50
3:52:17
Swim
23:00
Bike
2:05:40
Run
1:18:45
3:54:21
Swim
24:50
Bike
2:04:04
Run
1:20:13
3:55:29
Swim
23:00
Bike
2:07:08
Run
1:20:08
3:56:36
Swim
24:40
Bike
2:07:13
Run
1:19:35
3:58:06
Swim
22:53
Bike
2:09:50
Run
1:20:04
PosAthleteTimeGapSwimT1BikeT2RunPoints
1Lionel SandersCA3:40:03Winner24:46—1:56:04—1:14:21108.82
2Sebastian KienleDE3:41:46—24:45—1:56:09—1:16:07103.69
3Michael RaelertDE3:45:34—22:48—2:00:16—1:18:0192.33
4Andreas DreitzDE3:47:17—22:59—2:00:02—1:18:5487.19
5Richard MurrayNL3:50:22—22:51—2:05:58—1:15:5077.98
6Pieter HeemeryckBE3:52:17—23:00—2:05:40—1:18:4572.25
7Boris SteinDE3:54:21—24:50—2:04:04—1:20:1366.07
8Julian MuttererDE3:55:29—23:00—2:07:08—1:20:0862.68
9Trevor WurteleCA3:56:36—24:40—2:07:13—1:19:3559.34
10Mark BuckinghamGB3:58:06—22:53—2:09:50—1:20:0454.86
11Richard VargaSK3:58:46—21:31—2:11:22—1:15:5252.87
12Sebastian NeefDE4:01:34—24:44—2:03:52—1:27:3144.49
13Zoltan PetsukHU4:02:15—24:37—2:14:56—1:17:4042.45
14Karol DzalajSK4:03:08—24:46—2:04:52—1:28:1639.81
15Jordi Garcia GraciaES4:04:42—22:51—2:17:10—1:19:0035.13
16Tomasz SzalaPL4:06:22—24:45—2:13:34—1:22:3730.14
17Denis SketakoSI4:09:17—26:56—2:15:03—1:21:2421.43
18Tomas RencCZ4:12:49—24:37—2:15:58—1:26:5410.86
19Christian JaisDE4:14:40—28:11—2:13:02—1:27:265.33
20Tomas KubekSK4:17:54—24:48—2:18:48—1:29:01—
21Jesper SvenssonSE4:23:30—22:56—2:19:42—1:35:39—
22Alistair EeckmanUS4:26:47—27:01—2:13:56—1:39:39—
DNFAlistair BrownleeGBDNF—22:16—1:57:44———
DNFKacper AdamPLDNF—24:43—————
DNFTerenzo BozzoneNZDNF—23:02—2:10:35———
DNFStuart HayesGBDNF—22:56—2:09:58———

Female Pro Results

21 participants

4:13:59
Swim
23:25
Bike
2:19:29
Run
1:25:10
4:14:33
Swim
23:49
Bike
2:15:57
Run
1:29:30
4:15:36
Swim
26:01
Bike
2:14:46
Run
1:29:14
4:17:19
Swim
24:53
Bike
2:23:14
Run
1:23:29
4:20:49
Swim
24:51
Bike
2:20:45
Run
1:29:06
4:22:30
Swim
26:23
Bike
2:12:08
Run
1:37:59
4:23:51
Swim
26:21
Bike
2:16:55
Run
1:34:48
4:25:06
Swim
28:57
Bike
2:20:37
Run
1:29:37
4:26:02
Swim
26:01
Bike
2:23:38
Run
1:30:35
4:26:49
Swim
25:04
Bike
2:23:10
Run
1:33:00
PosAthleteTimeGapSwimT1BikeT2RunPoints
1Lucy Charles-BarclayGB4:13:59Winner23:25—2:19:29—1:25:1090.77
2Annabel LuxfordAU4:14:33—23:49—2:15:57—1:29:3089.27
3Heather WurteleCA4:15:36—26:01—2:14:46—1:29:1486.47
4Rachel KlamerNL4:17:19—24:53—2:23:14—1:23:2981.90
5Ellie SalthouseAU4:20:49—24:51—2:20:45—1:29:0672.59
6Kimberley MorrisonGB4:22:30—26:23—2:12:08—1:37:5968.11
7Anja IppachDE4:23:51—26:21—2:16:55—1:34:4864.52
8Corina HengartnerCH4:25:06—28:57—2:20:37—1:29:3761.19
9Judith Corachan VaqueraES4:26:02—26:01—2:23:38—1:30:3558.71
10Radka KahlefeldtAU4:26:49—25:04—2:23:10—1:33:0056.62
11Paulina KotficaPL4:29:50—27:08—2:23:58—1:33:0848.60
12Laura SiddallGB4:31:17—29:00—2:24:57—1:31:4944.74
13Hanna MaksimovaBY4:38:05—28:59—2:27:35—1:35:1226.64
14Ulrike SchwalbeDE4:51:05—35:56—2:29:41—1:38:09—
15Kristina LapinovaSK4:51:05—36:48—2:29:44—1:38:28—
DNFErika CsomorHUDNF—29:07—2:25:27———
DNFDaria RadczukPLDNF—25:58—2:34:19———
DNFKirralee SeidelAUDNF—28:11—————
DNFSylvia GehnboeckATDNF—30:47—2:22:50———
DNFEmma Pallant-BrowneGBDNF—26:34—————
DNFFabiola CoronaMXDNF—29:01—2:48:37———