The first Ironman race of 2010 kicked off on the 27th of February in Langkawy, Malaysia. It is a hard race because of its weather conditions, but Marino Vanhoenacker managed to overcome the difficulties and won easily. In the ladie's field Belinda Granger of Australia had the chance to do a hat-trick and she took it. This was her third consecutive Ironman Malaysia title.Ironman Malaysia results here.
Team TBB's (our partner) Hiroyuki Nishiuchi finished 2nd but wasn't close enough to Vanhoenacker to win a Kona slot due to the new PRO Rules..The new Ironman Professional Membership Program rules require athletes to finish within 5% of the winner's time to win a qualifying spot for Kona and within 8% of the winner's time to earn prize money. Many athletes understandably disagree with the new rulings.
The last year's winners Luke McKenzie and Rebecca Preston were forced to quit during the bike leg due to stomach problems.Hereare the Ironman Malaysia results:
2010 Ironman Malaysia Results:
| Men | Women | |||
| 1 - Marino Vanhoenacker | 8:22:31 | 1 - Belinda Granger | 9:23:33 | |
| 2 - Hiroyuki Nishiuchi | 8:50:52 | 2 - Edith Niederfriniger | 9:35:02 | |
| 3 - Romain Guillaume | 8:54:38 | 3 - Hillary Biscay | 10:10:59 | |
| 4 - Justin Granger | 9:01:08 | 4 - Ariane Monticeli | 10:15:17 | |
| 5 - Andreas Venhorst | 9:12:03 | 5 - Jocelyn Wong | 10:20:32 |
Tags:Ironman Malaysia results,Marino Vanhoenacker,Belinda Granger,Luke MCKencie,Rebecca Preston
