It was amazing for a very long time at Ironman South Africa, even into the extremely last kilometers, however in the end Swede Rasmus Svenningsson won the race. He did so after a terrific fight with Cameron Wurf.
The race started not that strong for Svenningsson, due to the fact that when he came out of the water, he was 12th and almost 5 minutes behind the fastest guy at the time: Josh Amberger. Amberger came out of the water after 47:01 minutes and after that had a two-minute lead over a very first chasing group that consisted of Mathias Lynsgo Petersen, Leonard Arnold, a remarkably great swimming Cameron Wurf and likewise Yvan Jarrige.
Throughout the bike, 2 guys stood apart above the rest therefore were Wurf and Svenningsson. Early in the race, the 2 males concerned bike together and remained that method for a very long time. After about 130 kilometers a space was required by Svenningsson who, in remarkable style, rode away from Wurf and set off alone towards T2. In the kilometers that followed, the Swede handled to develop a lead of no less than 3 minutes over Wurf, and the 3rd guy, German Leonard Arnold, began the run more than 9 minutes behind. Svenningsson therefore started the marathon in a comfy position.
The genuine fight then started, as gradually however undoubtedly Wurf started to make up time and get closer to Svenningsson. After about 25 kilometers, Wurf even signed up with the leader and for a while it appeared like he would win the race. Svenningsson did not let himself get insane, sped up as soon as more and then, with about 10 kilometers to go, ran away from Wurf at a high rate.
Svenningsson won the race in a time of 8:03:11. Petersen passed Wurf in the closing phases and completed second in 8:06:50. Wurf did complete 3rd in a time of 8:07:37.