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A view of Eilat's beaches and the Red Sea, with some of Jordan's mountains on the background.
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The Royal Beach area of Eilat looking past large resort hotels to the swim start.
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Lior Zborover, Israman spokesman, welcomes a contestant at the Eilat airport.
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Israman entrant enters the lobby of the Isrotel Royal Garden Hotel.
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A quintet of best buddies ready for a pre race swim.
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Entering the 70-degrees Fahrenheit water for a practice swim.
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A woman from Stuttgart, Germany practices a run from the water.
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Chris Lieto gives a short seminar on tips for a smooth Ironman swim.
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The swim finish arch.
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Planes land on the 1.5-mile runway near the center of Eilat. Future plans call for a longer runway 12 miles out of town.
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Two competitors leave the hotel for a short spin.
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A curious young boy examines one of the high tech race bikes.
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Man dons a shark face at the Expo.
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Ronit Wigler is ready for her race.
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A competitor clicks in his bike after checking in at registration.
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A man and his family attend a pre race briefing.
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A man with a well shaved head at the briefing.
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This man with the generous beard has competed at Israman for several years.
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Chris Lieto gave a well received talk at the WOW Auditorium on which he recounted a smashed ankle in a 1998 crash, his 2009 runner up finish at Kona, and why he founded the More Than Sports organization.
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Defending full Israman men's champion Tom Marmareli joins other pre race favorites at a late afternoon gathering.
