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Patrick Lange of Germany ran 2:39:45 to break Mark Allen’s venerable 26-year old Kona run record by 19 seconds. He also took 3rd in his Ironman World Championship debut.
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The duelists: Jan Frodeno ran a 2nd-best 2:45:34 on his way to his 2nd straight Kona victory in 8:06:30; Sebastian Kienle ran a 4th-best 2:49:03 to finish 2nd, 3:32 behind his fellow German.
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Ben Hoffman of the U.S. ran a 6th-best 2:51:45 on his way to 4th place and top American in 8:13:00.
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Andi Bocherer of Germany ran an 8th-best 2:52:05 split on his way to 5th place in 8:13:25.
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Timothy O’Donnell of the U.S. ran a 13th-fastest 2:55:01 marathon to finish 6th in 8:16:20.
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Boris Stein of Germany ran a 14th-fastest male pro split of 2:55:19 on his way to 7th place – thanks primarily to a race-best 4:23:04 bike split.
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Bart Aernouts of Belgium ran a 3rd-fastest 2:48:44 run split to finish 8th overall.
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Ivan Raña of Spain ran a 6th-best 2:50:17 split to finish 9th in 8:21:51.
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Frederik Van Lierde of Belgium, the 2013 Kona champion, ran an 11th-best 2:53:21 on his way to 10th place. He was heavily discouraged by a 5-minute penalty on the bike.
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Lionel Sanders of Canada (left) and Terenzo Bozzone of New Zealand (right) dueled fiercely on Ali’i Drive. Bozzone DNF’d later on the run and Sanders faded to a 33rd-best 3:17:01 marathon and a 29th male pro finish.
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Daniela Ryf of Switzerland won her second straight Kona title and proved she could run well at Kona with a women’s-best 2:56:51 marathon split – 9:46 better than her previous two efforts and 1:29 better than 2nd place Mirinda Carfrae.
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Mirinda Carfrae was hampered by glute problems on her way to a women’s 2nd-best 2:58:20 run and 2nd place.
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Heather Jackson of the U.S. ran a women’s 8th-best 3:07:48 split on her way to a breakthrough podium performance.
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Anja Beranek of Germany ran a women’s 15th-best 3:16:35 split on her way to a 4th overall women's finish.
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Kaisa Lehtonen of Finland had a smashing Kona debut – 5th place woman capped by a 4th-best 3:03:16 run.
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Ever-sunny Michelle Vesterby of Denmark ran a 10th-best 3:12:27 marathon on her way to a 6th place woman finish.
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In her Kona farewell, Mary Beth Ellis, the legendary Honey Badger, fought badly congested lungs to run 3:33:42 on her way to a 14th-place women's pro finish.
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Hopes were high for superb cyclist and runner Melissa Hauschildt in her oft-delayed Kona debut, but the swift-footed Aussie had a bad day and DNF’d on the run.
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Cancer doctor Lucy Gossage fought hard to overcome a broken collarbone 54 days out from Kona. She ran a women’s 9th-best 3:12:15 split on her way to a 9th-place finish, one place better than last year.
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Jodie Swallow was one of the pre-race favorites (she finished 4th in 2014) but had an off day. She faded to a 22nd pro woman finish with a survival slog 3:42:56 marathon.