Overview
- Lucy Charles-Barclay won in 4:14:54, with defending champion Taylor Knibb finishing second in 4:17:55.
- Germany’s Tanja Neubert secured bronze in 4:22:07 in only her second middle-distance race after running from seventh to third and advancing when Katrina Matthews withdrew.
- The victory is Charles-Barclay’s second 70.3 world crown after 2021, following recent heat-related DNFs for both her and Knibb at the Hawaii Ironman.
- Norway’s Solveig Lövseth placed sixth, while Germany’s Bianca Bogen took 13th, Caroline Pohle fell to 23rd after bike issues, and Laura Jansen did not finish.
- Ex-world champion Laura Philipp withdrew before the race to care for her sick dog, leaving Neubert as Germany’s top contender in Marbella.