Blummenfelt smashes Geelong
Kristian Blummenfelt won IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong and set a new course record — Kat Matthews also extended her Pro Series dominance with a win, confirming both as locks for the 70.3 World Championship conversation. (slowtwitch.com)(220triathlon.com)
Blummenfelt stopped the clock at 3:30:25 and ran a course‑best half‑marathon split of 1:06:39. (ironman.com) He began the run roughly 90 seconds adrift after the bike leg and closed the gap rapidly, overtaking Jelle Geens and Hayden Wilde by the halfway mark of the run. (triathlete.com) Jelle Geens was timed at 3:31:24 with Hayden Wilde third in 3:31:52, and all three men finished faster than the 2025 Geelong course time of 3:33:23. (ironman.com) Kat Matthews posted 4:06:15 (swim 00:24:43, bike 02:14:09, run 01:22:29) and held off Grace Thek by 36 seconds despite Thek recording a quicker 1:19:01 run split. (ironman.com) Matthews had won IRONMAN New Zealand on March 7, 2026 in 8:28:55 and thus enters Geelong with back‑to‑back Pro Series victories, collecting 5,000 points at Taupō and 2,500 points for the Geelong 70.3 win. (ironman.com) Geelong offered three qualifying slots per gender for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice, winners received 2,500 Pro Series points and prize money (Blummenfelt’s result also clinched him a Worlds slot), and Blummenfelt said the performance gives him momentum heading into Oceanside on the Pro Series calendar. (slowtwitch.com)
