Kristian Blummenfelt sets new 70.3 World Record

Bahrain

HUUB’s Kristian Blummenfelt has set a new world-best 70.3 time after racing to victory in Bahrain, successfully defending his Middle East Championship title in the process. He set a new world-best time of 3:29:04 at the IRONMNAN 70.3 race, leading the Norwegian podium sweep followed by Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes. It was the same clean sweep as at WTS Bermuda but in a different order. All three finished faster than the previous world-best 70.3 time posted by Michael Raelert in 2009 (3:34:04).

Fellow HUUB athlete Matt Trautman (RSA), finished in 5th place with a time of 3:39:21 and only Adam Bowden between him and the Norwegians.

Top three professional men’s results:

		SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Kristian Blummenfelt	NOR	00:21:36	1:56:52	1:06:58	03:29:04
2. Gustav Iden	NOR	00:22:03	1:56:37	1:07:13	03:29:25
3. Casper Stornes	NOR	00:21:30	1:56:32	1:11:15	03:33:31

Top three professional women’s results:

		SWIM	BIKE	RUN	FINISH
1. Holly Lawrence	GBR	00:22:10	2:10:43	1:21:55	03:59:20
2. Sarah Lewis	GBR	00:24:28	2:12:15	1:18:41	04:00:13
3. Ellie Salthouse	AUS	00:23:14	2:12:16	1:26:36	04:06:25