Lucy Gossage takes convincing win at Ironman 70.3 Staffs 2015
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Rutherford was first out of the water, ahead of Xterra warrior Slack and New Zealand’s Sam Warriner, with Hector and Gossage not far behind.
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Georgie Rutherford leads out of the swim; she eventually finished fourth woman
Once on the bike Gossage pushed hard and took the lead by the 37km mark, leading all the way to T2 with a bike split of 2:29:54, and arriving around 7mins ahead of Cheetham and Rutherford. Warriner left transition in fourth place around 12mins behind Gossage, with Hector in fifth.
Lucy Gossage started her lonely run after a bike split of 02:29:54! #IM703Staffs
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By the halfway point of the run Gossage had built a 10min lead over Cheetham and Rutherford, and that lead grew to 12mins by the time she closed in on the finishing chute, crossing the line in 4:31:09, followed exactly 10mins later by Cheetham, with Warriner taking third place.
1 Gossage, Lucy (GBR) +00:00 04:31:09
2 Cheetham, Susie (GBR) +10:19 04:41:28
3 Warriner, Samantha Jane (NZL) +15:27 04:46:36
4 Rutherford, Georgie (GBR) +17:06 04:48:15
5 Haresign, Eleanor (GBR) +22:09 04:53:18
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