Published Monday 13 June 2016

TIM Berkel and Jodie Swallow have taken out the Cairns Airport Adventure Festival’s Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns in their respective men’s and women’s categories.

It was an all-Australian affair in the men’s with David Dellow and Pete Jacobs finishing second and third behind Berkel, who recorded a cracking time of 8 hours and 15 minutes.

Swallow led the girl’s home to finish in 9 hours and 7 minutes followed by Linsey Corbin and Sarah Crowley.

Competitors braved slippery, wet conditions early during the bike-leg that looped around Macrossan Street in Port Douglas and back to Cairns, with a small but enthusiastic crowd cheering people on throughout the day.

Melbourne’s James Ogilvie took put the Ironman 70.3 Cairns division, while Jacqueline Henricks saluted in the female division.

For the full results visit www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironmancairns