Marino Vanhoenacker of Belgium and Jodie Swallow of Great Britain won the 2012 Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 in South Africa.
Vanhoenacker put together a solid swim, bike and run to cross the finsihline ahead of second place finisher Ronnie Schildknecht of Switzerland in a time of 4:06:25.
While on the women's side of the race it was all Jodie Swallow of Great Britain who lead the race from beginning to end and beat second place finisher Lucie Zelenkova of the Czech Republic in a time of 4:39:01.
2012 Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 South Africa
Top 10 Men
1. Marino Vanhoenacker (Belgium) 04:06:25
2. Ronnie Schildknecht (Switzerland) 04:12:56
3. Domenico Passuello (Italy) 04:18:37
4. Mark Threlfall (Great Britain) 04:19:46
5. Kent Horner (South Africa) 04:21:34
6. Joel Jameson (Great Britain) 04:22:45
7. Edo van der Meer (Nederland) 04:26:20
8. Balaz Csoke (Hungary) 04:29:56
9. Michael Davidson (South Africa) 04:32:21
10. Freddy Lampret (South Africa) 04:33:42
Top 5 Ladies
1. Jodie Swallow (Great Britain) 04:39:01
2. Lucie Zelenkova (Czech Republic) 04:43:56
3. Tine Deckers (Belgium) 04:46:13
4. Claire Horner (South Africa) 04:51:39
5. Susie Hignett (Great Britain) 05:02:02
Photo Credit: Craig Muller
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