Tineli triathlete, Richard Ussher, set a new NZ iron-distance record at the Quelle Challenge, in Roth, Germany. In just his third attempt over the distance he clocked in at 8hr 2min 15sec taking third place and slicing six minutes off Cameron Brown’s previous record.

The former adventure racing world champion and three time Coast-to-Coast champion is sponsored by Tineli.

His splits were:
Swim, 00:50:31
T1, 00:01:45
Bike, 04:22:02
T2, 00:01:01
Run, 02:46:58

Top 5 Results
1 GÖHNER, Michael (GER) 07:55:53
2 JACOBS, Pete (AUS) 08:02:01
3 USSHER, Richard (NZL) 08:02:15
4 STADLER, Normann (GER) 08:03:43
5 VERNAY, Patrick (FRA) 08:03:46

Official website Challenge Roth.

[caption id="attachment_71" align="alignnone" caption="Richard Ussher was happy with his new record at Challenge Roth"][/caption]