Olympian Jamie Riddle led the South African problem within the 2025 IRONMAN African Championships held in Gqeberha on Sunday.
The 24-year-old completed fifth total within the gruelling competitors, which took in a 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km marathon.
Stiff wind
Riddle accomplished the occasion in 8:09:32, regardless of operating into issues after the swim, dropping 90 seconds after which having to trip 90km solo on the bike in a stiff wind.
The Ironman was received by Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev who began his 2025 season in fashion with a dominant victory.
The Dane had work to do after the swim however a trademark highly effective biking show noticed him destroy the course document and took him to the entrance – after which he was by no means threatened.
T100 World Champion Marten Van Riel (Belgium), in solely his second full-distance race was second, with Germany’s Jonas Schomburg third.
A gaggle of 4 – three with short-course pace in Van Riel, Schomburg and Riddle – together with the swim energy of Britain’s Andrew Horsfall-Turner put distance between themselves and the remaining.
Issues had been additionally difficult on the rolling bike course within the windy circumstances.
A lot of Riddle’s laborious work was undone when he went the unsuitable approach out of transition to lose 90 seconds within the course of.
Then, to compound issues, he needed to trip 90km within the wind.
Riddle had the second quickest time for the swim, was fourth quickest on the bike and accomplished the complete marathon in 2:46:05.
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