Kessler has just hit the run, looking fresh and light on her feet, but 12:45 back of the leader.
Zyemtsev, in second, has reduce the gap to Rapp to 3:08 at 6.5 km. Ablel and Rhodes, running in third and fourth are following 7:20 back.
At 3 km, Ellis still maintains a 12:40 advantage over Kessler who is in second place. Ellis left the transition over 30 minutes ago, and we still have not seen our third place women.
Jordan Rapp (#4), 10 km has 3:28 over Viktor Zyemtsev (#1), with Torsten Abel (#12), running third, is 7:43 back of the leader.
USA`s, Kim Loeffler has entered the transition 33:28 back of the lead.
Ellis is now enjoying a 13:06 advantage over Kessler, who has now slipped 13:06 to the leader 6 km.
Sara Gross has hit the marathon here in fourth, 39:00 back to the leader.
At 13 km, Rapp`s advantage has slipped back to 3:00 over Zyemtsev. The running order is:
* Jordan Rapp (#4) leading
* Viktor Zyemtsev (#1) at 3:00
* Torsten Abel (#12) at 7:18
* Bert Jammaer (#10) at 9:30
* Trevor Wurtele (#9) at 11:30
* Jason Shortis (#6) at 14::00
At 16 km, Rapp has now stretched out his lead to 4:50 over Zyemtsev, with Abel in third, 8:15 back to the lead.
At 10 km, Ellis continues to extend her lead, and now haves 14:10 advantage over Kessler.
Ellis is inching away from Kessler. as her lead is now up to 14:55 at 12 km.
Rapp has just hit the 21 km turn around in Okanagan Falls. We will have the Zyemtsev coming through momentarily.
At 24 km. Rapp has put the hammer down and is now holds a 7:03 advantage over Zyemtsev.
Top 5 men at 21 km
1 6:59:06 0:00 1:24:14 4 Rapp, Jordan PENTICTON BC CAN
2 7:05:55 6:50 1:27:26 1 Zyemtsev, Viktor DONETSK UKR UKR
3 7:08:28 9:23 12 Abel, Torsten TUCSON AZ GER
4 7:10:58 11:53 1:26:32 10 Jammaer, Bert BOOM FLA BEL
5 7:15:05 16:00 1:30:38 9 Wurtele, Trevor KELOWNA BC CAN
Kessler has just hit the run, looking fresh and light on her feet, but 12:45 back of the leader.
Travis Sitzlar
Kevin Mackinnon