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Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa

  • Leading lady Braendli passing turn around on the run.
  • Badmann in 2nd for the ladies just passed 4km mark on the run.
  • Boecherer maintaining good 2min lead on Alonso-Mckernan.
  • Natascha Badmann passing the 5km on the run.
  • Andi Boecherer seems to have blown. Clemente Alonso-McKernan now in the lead followed by Viennot and Aigroz.
  • Passing the 14 km, Germany's Simone Brandli is maintaining 1st place 3.54 mins ahead of Natascha Badmann in 2nd.
  • Ladies 2nd place is Natascha Badmann and in 3rd is Diana Riesler with a big gap of 10 min pass the 14 km mark.
  • Leading man, Clemente Alonso-Mckernan just passed the 32km mark on the run.
  • Clemente Alonso-Mckernan is in the lead by 6min 44 sec. 1min 58 sec between 2nd place Cyril Viennot and 3rd place Mike Aigroz.
  • Simone is leading by 44 seconds. Followed by Natascha Badmann in 2nd place and Diana Riesler 11min behindin 3rd place.
  • Clemente Alonso-Mckernan 5.2km to the finish line
  • Natascha Badmann has gone into the lead 26 sec ahead of Simone Brandli at the 23km mark.
  • Cyril Viennot behind leading man Clemente Alonso-Mckernan by 6min 42sec.
  • Mike Aigroz coming in 3rd place 9min 58 behind leader.
  • Retirement from Germany's Andi Bocherer after the 18 km mark.
  • Diana Riesler passed the 23km mark 11min behind leading lady Natascha Badmann.
  • Clemente Alonso-Mckernan wins Spec-savers IRONMAN South African 2012 with a time of 8hours 24min
  • Crossing the finish line in 2nd place is Cyril Viennot with a time of 8hours 52min
  • Leading lady Natascha Badmann passed the 28km mark on the run 2min 6sec ahead of 2nd place Diana Riesler .
  • 3rd to cross the finish line is Mike Aigroz with a time of 8hour 46min
  • South Africa's Raynard Tissink passed the 37km mark in 14th position.
  • Kent Horner is still in the top 10 at 9th position having passed the 37km mark on the run.
  • In 3rd position Diana Riesler 12min 39sec behind leading lady Natascha Badmann
  • Markus Fachbach is 4th to cross the finish line with a time of 8hour 57min 21sec.
  • Leading lady Natascha Badmann of Switzerland crossed the 32km mark on the run.
  • In 5th place Trevor Delsaut of France crossed the finish line 9hour 3min 3sec.
  • Swiss athlete Simone Brandli passed the 32km mark 3min 16sec behind Natascha Badmann.
  • Petr Vabrousek of the Czech Republic crossed the finish line 6th place with a time of 9hour 9min 57sec. Coming in closely behind with a 50 sec difference is Craig Twigg of the United Kingdom.
  • Crossing the finish line in 8th place is French athlete Sylvain Rota coming in at 9hour 11min 24sec
  • South African Kent Horner crossed the finish line in 9th place with a time of 9hour 14min 39sec.
  • Brazilian athlete Guilherme Manocchio finishing in 10th place 46min 11sec behind winner.
  • Badmann is the 1st lady to pass the 37km mark
  • Natascha Badmann in the lead followed by Simone Brandli and Diana Riesler doing the chase.
  • Local Age-group athlete Kyle Buckingham is the 1st to cross the finish line in his category and overall 13th position with a time of 9hour 27min 5.
  • Heading to the finish line Riesler and Brandli are neck in neck
  • 6 time Ironman Champion and now 4 timeSpec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa Champion Natascha Badmann of Switzerland crosses the finish line with a time of 9hour 47min 10sec.
  • Simone Brandli crosses the finish line 5min 16sec after Natascha Badmann.
  • South African PRO Michael Davidson retired from the race.
  • German athlete Diana Riesler crossed the finish line in 3rd place at 10:01:14
  • 1st South Africa lady to cross the finish line in 4th place is Dianne McEwan. Finishing closely behind, with a tight 7sec is Germany's Susan Dietrich in 5th place.
  • Spaniard, Virginia Berasategui crossing the finish line in 6th place with a finishing time of 10:13:00
  • Many runners passing their first lap of running! Still going strong!
  • Top 5 males:
    1.Clemente Alonso-Mckernan 08:34:45
    2.Cyril Viennot 08:41:48
    3.Mike Aigroz 08:46:04
    4.Markus Fachbach 08:57:21
    5.Trevor Delsout 09:03:03

  • Top 5 females:
    1. Natascha Badmann 09:47:10
    2. Simone Braendli 09:52:26
    3. Diana Riesler 10:01:14
    4. Dianne Mcewan 10:07:55
    5. Susan Dietrich 10:08:02

  • Our Spec-savers IRONMAN 2012 champion Clemente Alonso-Mckernan!

  • Top 3 males: Clemente Alonso-Mckernan in 1st, Cyril Viennot in 2nd and Mike Aigorz in 3rd!

  • 6 time Ironman Champion and now 4 timeSpec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa Champion Natascha Badmann of Switzerland!

  • Swiss Simone Braendli with a fantastic 2nd place finish for the ladies.

  • Diana Riesler of Germany comes in at 3rd with with an amazing time of 10:01:14

  • South Africa world cup winning hero Joel Stransky just finished race!
  • The 8th edition of the Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa comes to a close! Congratulations to Clemente Alonso-McKernan, Natascha Badmann and every athlete that finished! Thanks for following the race here with us!
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