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(nda) Jan van Berkel, 32, celebrated the greatest success of his career. After 8:09:18 pm, he crossed the finish line on the Landiwiese in Zurich with more than four minutes ahead of the Slovenians David Plese (4:08) and Australian Cameron (4:55). Van Berkel won for the first time a triathlon on the distance of 3.8 km from the Ironman, 180 km bike and the marathon (42.195 km) at the conclusion.
In 2012 and 2015, Jan van Berkel finished the home race in 2nd place. In the last two years, he has only finished the last podium. This time, he shared the race perfectly in warm temperatures. After swimming, he belonged to the upper group. From the wheel to the marathon track, it was just under nine minutes behind the upper back. After that, he put an improvement. On the 33rd kilometer of the track, van Berkel takes the lead for the first time, after which he wins the solo victory
"Twenty years ago, I realized my first triathlon in Zurich, my first Ironman six years ago Van Berkel was happy to hear that day, when I did not think of the first victory.
Two other Swiss finished the race in the top seven. Ronnie Schildknecht, nine once winner of the Ironman Switzerland, was denied the tenth victory of Landiwiese in fifth place. And Sven Riederer, who was at the beginning of the marathon in position 3, reached the finish in seventh position.
In women, Finin Kaisa Sali prevailed.
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