Bozzone returns

Manama : Terenzo Bozzone returned to the top spot with his win at Ironman 70.3 Miami over the weekend. The former 70.3 world champion had suffered a DNF at the Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii only two weeks ago but was back in fighting form in Key Biscayne.

After exiting the 1.9km swim leg 10 seconds down, the Kiwi stormed to the front of the field with the race’s only sub-2 hour split over the 90km cycling leg, then he held onto his lead with a 1:15:00 half-marathon to win in 3:42:10, more than a minute clear of any challenger.

Bozzone has previously won in Miami twice before, in 2012 and 2013.

Meanwhile back in Hawaii, Ben Hoffman improved on last year’s finish at the Xterra World Championship in Maui by finishing seventh.