At the Dubai Half-Ironman – bespoke season debut for Ryf: Victory in record time – sport

• After 17 months without competition, the long-distance triathlete Daniela Ryf triumphs for the fourth time in the 70.3 Ironman in Dubai.
• Imogen Simmonds secures a double Swiss victory.
• In the men’s category, Andrea Salvisberg is fourth.

Daniela Ryf launched the season successfully. After 2015, 2016 and 2017, there was again no weed in the UAE against the 33-year-old from Solothurn. In a total time of 3:56:54 hours, he even set a course record of 1.9 km of swimming, 90 km of cycling and 21.1 km of running.

Ryf relegated fellow defending champion Imogen Simmonds to second place at 5:06. The four-time Ironman world champion made the difference in the last half marathon, after Simmonds had a nearly 2-minute lead at halftime. the course of the bike.

Salvisberg leaves the forces

For Andrea Salvisberg, who had taken the lead on the running track before the 10km mark, it also seemed like a victory in the meantime. In the end, the Bernese missed the podium in 3:34:05 in fourth place. Only in the last meters was he overtaken by two competitors.