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On Sunday, December 6, Canadian Paula Findlay brilliantly won the spectacular Challenge Daytona PTO 2020 (2-80-18) at the Daytona International Speedway circuit, ahead of German Ironman world champion Anna Haug, who made a strong comeback on foot. After a distant swim, Frenchwoman Manon Genêt finished 14th.
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The standings after the swim, led from start to finish by Briton Lucy Hall:
After Brandon, there’s a group of 8 athletes, following on about 40 seconds #ChallengeDaytona pic.twitter.com/3PtFmlJceQ
— Challenge Family (@Challenge_Famil) December 6, 2020
Frenchwoman Manon Genêt exited the water in 32nd position, 2’59” behind the leader, and started the bike leg 3’08” behind after T1.
On the bike, at km 18.8, Manon Genêt was in 30th position, 3’33” behind. Her subsequent splits:
- km 26.7, 30th at 3’59”;
- km 33.4, 30th at 4’24”;
- km 39.9, 27th at 4’33”;
- km 45.3, 25th at 4’51”;
- km 51.7, 23rd at 5’23”;
- km 57.1, 23rd at 5’46”;
- km 63.1, 23rd at 6’26”;
- km 70.1, 23rd at 7’08”;
- km 76.8, 24th at 7’53”;
At T2, Sweden's Lisa Norden, who took the lead halfway through the bike leg, was the first to enter, setting the best time of 1h51’04” and with a mere three seconds over Canada's Paula Findlay. Britain's Kimberley Morrison was in 3rd position, 2’10” behind the two women. Manon Genêt reached T2 in 23rd position, 8’04” behind.
Canadian Paula Findlay made a better transition than Sweden's Lisa Norden and took the lead with a six-second advantage. Norden quickly faltered and had to walk. At km 4, Paula Findlay now had a comfortable lead of 3’58” over Britain's Kimberley Morrison and 4’15” over Germany's Laura Philipp.
Haug is flying! She’s in third now and is getting closer and closer to Laura Phillipp #ChallengeDaytona #PTO2020Championship pic.twitter.com/herOtvPv6y
— Challenge Family (@Challenge_Famil) December 6, 2020
At the same km 4, Anna Haug, the German 2019 Ironman world champion, was in 9th position at 5’09”, but this excellent runner began to show her qualities. At km 7, she was already in 3rd place at 4’27”.
At km 10.3, the Canadian held strong and still had a 3’59” lead over the German, then 3’27” at km 14.7 and 3’09” at km 15.8.
Without faltering, Paula Findlay won this Challenge Daytona PTO 2020 in 3h24’55” ahead of Anna Haug in 3h27’32” (+2’36”) and with the best run time of 1h05’01”. Laura Philipp completed the podium in 3h30’00” (+5’05”).
For her part, Manon Genêt gained places on the run and secured 14th position in 3h36’35” (+11’40”).
Let’s see what our winner, @PaulaFindlay, has to say about her race! #ChallengeDaytona #PTO2020Championship pic.twitter.com/WkoUdQ9nOK
— Challenge Family (@Challenge_Famil) December 6, 2020




