In a race where relatively few professional athletes were on the start line, the slightly lesser-known athletes also immediately got a chance to show themselves at Ironman 70.3 Mossel Bay. It yielded nice victories for South Africans Matthew Ralphs and Mariella Sawyer. Below are the top five in the men’s and women’s races.
Top five men:
- Matthew Ralphs – 4:02:20
- James McCallum – +2:42
- Julen Lopetegui Garcia – +7:28
- Tom Hug – +8:42
- Keegan Cooke – +9:58
Top five women:
- Mariella Sawyer – 4:53:14
- Vicky van der Merwe – +3:08
- Bridget Theunissen – +6:06
- Ashleigh Irvine-Smith – +10:53
- Sarah Bonner – +22:43
