Alexander and Carfrae win in Newfoundland

Australia has a great day at Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland

Craig Alexander rode and ran away from his competition at today's Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland race to claim his second consecutive title, finishing just under two minutes ahead of Richie Cunningham and three minutes ahead of Chris Legh. Mirinda Carfrae also claimed the women's title with a six-minute win over Canadian Cynthia Wilson - the Australian finished eighth overall in the race. Canadians Magali Tisseyre and Sara Gross were the next two across the line.

Canadian Olympian Brent McMahon was out of the water in second place and came off the bike ahead of Alexander. The two had opened up a gap on Cunningham and Legh. McMahon pulled out of the race during the run thanks to a knee problem, which left Alexander on his own to cruise to the title.

Carfrae led the women's race from from start to finish. Wilson managed to stay with last year's Ironman 70.3 world champion, but fell off the pace during the run.

The day was extremely hot, by Corner Brook standards, with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius.

Here are the results for the first five men and women overall:

Men:
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 1   380 3:59:45 Craig Alexander   Boulder      CO AU   1/11   M-PRO     

 2   387 4:01:33 Richie Cunningham Brookline    MA US   2/11   M-PRO  

 3   381 4:04:09 Chris Legh        Boulder      CO US   3/11   M-PRO     

    4   391 4:06:07 Sean Bechtel      Caledon      ON CA   4/11   M-PRO  

    5   382 4:06:26 Paul Matthews     Boulder      CO US   5/11   M-PRO    

Women:

    1   400 4:27:23 Mirinda Carfrae   Boulder      CO US   1/5    F-PRO   

    2   399 4:33:34 Cynthia Wilson    Gatineau     QC CA   2/5    F-PRO    

    3   397 4:37:56 Magali Tisseyre   St. Sauveur QC CA   3/5    F-PRO   

    4   394 4:42:19 Sara Gross        Penticton    BC CA   4/5    F-PRO    

  5   102 4:48:46 Sara Domina       Ottawa       ON CA   1/7    F2529   

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