Lawn takes Korea 70.3

Lawn takes Korea

Brown, Lawn take Korea 70.3 new

Written by: Timothy
Carlson

Date: Sun Jul 03 2011

Cameron Brown showed the 10-time Ironman New Zealand
winner is still in top form, leading fellow Kiwi men Guy Crawford and Kieran Doe
to a sweep of the podium at Ironman 70.3 Korea on Jeju Island Sunday. Brown’s
4:03:58 finish topped Crawford by 11 minutes 5 seconds and Doe by 11:58.


Joanna Lawn, the 7-time Ironman Zealand women’s champion, dominated the
women’s field, hitting the tape in 4:38:54 with a margin of 29:12 over runner-up
Yasuko Miyazaki of Japan and 45 minjutes 9 seconds over 35-39 age grouper Sarah
Wheeler of Australia, who was third overall.

Lawn had a month off after
a full race calendar. “It was really hard to race today after a month with no
real training,” she told Ironman.com. “And it’s also actually very hard when you
are not racing many girls, mentally it is hard to keep pushing. But this is a
beautiful place and course and the bike was amazing -- but that run was pretty
brutal.”

Ironman Korea 70.3
Jeju Island, Korea
July 3,
2011
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Results

Elite
Men


1. Cameron Brown (NZL) 4:03:58
2. Guy Crawford (NZL)
4:15:03
3. Kieran Doe (NZL) 4:15:56
4. Frederik Croneborg (SWE)
4:17:00
5. Jarrod Owen (AUS) * M30-34 AG -- 4:26:27
6. Masuda Daiki (JPN)
4:27:43
7. Young Hwan Oh (KOR) 4:35:44
8. Kensaku Yamada (JPN * M 25-29 –
4:38:54
9. Mark Thirlwall (AUS) 4:48:51
10. Dan Brown (AUS) 4:51:12



Elite Women

1. Joanna Lawn (NZL) 4:38:54
2. Yasuko
Miyazaki (JPN) 5:08:06
3. Sarah Wheeler (AUS) * F35-39 -- 5:24:03
4. Anna
Stroh * F30-34 – 5:41:27
5. Chiaki Takahashi (JPN) *F40-44 – 5:43:33