At the Ironman Austria in and around Klagenfurt there were two podium finishes for Austria on Sunday. When the Dane Mathias Petersen won in 7:56:39 hours, Georg Enzenberger (8:08:28) finished third.
Local hero Gabriele Obmann (9:02:55) had to admit defeat in the long-distance triathlon after 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.195 km running as second only to Lotte Wilms from the Netherlands (8:56:51).
Petersen prevailed in and around Lake Wörthersee in front of the Australian Cameron Wurf (8:02:42), who was able to run. Maximilian Hammerle (8:16:01) was seventh, last year’s second Michael Weiss gave up due to cramps. In the women’s category, Germany’s Laura Zimmermann (9:04:04) came in third. A total of around 3,000 athletes were at the start.
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