Nikki Butterfield took part in the Ironman Switzerland, Butterfield competed in the Women's Elite Race. Erika Csomor took the line honors in 9:20:16, the win was Csomor’s first since 2008 Arizona Ironman she was followed across the line by Bella Bayliss who finished in 9:25:54 and Brandi Simone finished third in 9:30:58.
Butterfield finished 14th overall with a time of 10:22:29. Butterfield’s struggles on the swim continued, however after the swimming Butterfield recorded the best Bike split of the day (5:03:10 hours) pulled up in the Top 5.
Butterfield in the Marathon finally experience a tough break and struggled falling down the field, following the race Butterfield was quoted as saying, “I have no regrets other than not coming through for everyone who's put time, energy and resources into me. Thank you for your support.”
Ironman Switzerland Women Elite Top 20
9:20:16 Erika Csomor 9:25:54 Bella Bayliss 9:30:58 Brandli Simone 9:35:10 Rohrbach Regula 9:55:40 Monique Grossrieder 9:58:26 Barbara Tesar 10:00:22 Grohmann, Katharina 10:04:55 Stephanie Jones 10:09:36 Simone Weber 10:09:53 Anna Kush 10:17:14 Halasz Anna 10:18:40 Kelly Lynn Marcotte 10:21:36 Carmen F. Müller 10:22:29 Nikki Butterfield 10:28:41 Vera Notz 10:31:09 Andrea Hofer 10:34:59 Iris Tiedeken 10:35:29 Laura Rindlisbacher 10:36:41 F. Lederer, Silke 10:39:51 Valentina Kislukhina
