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Once faulted for her inability to break three hours, Ryf cruised to a 2:57:05 marathon split.
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Exulting at the finish, the scoreboard told the story: S 50:27 B 4:16:05 R 2:41:32 Total 7:52:39.
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Lucy Charles hung on to her swim lead until the final miles of her women’s second-best ever 4:38:11 Kona bike split.
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After recovering from jellyfish stings, Ryf took down the Kona women’s bike record with a 4:26:07. split.
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At 46, Cameron Brown ran 2:55:34 to finish in 8:25:30 for 23rd place.
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Anne Haug was an ITU Olympic distance star. This year she went long, won Oceanside 70.3 and now made the podium at Kona.
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Josh Amberger crushed the swim and stirred the drink for many miles of the bike before the big foot stars took over.
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Cameron Wurf smashed his own Kona bike record with a 4:09:06 split that got him 9th place.
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With 2,400 age group entries, crowding on the bike was inevitable but many though organizers inexcusably lax finding solutions to the drafting.
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Tim O’Donnell swam 47:45, swim, fell back with a 4:18:46 bike, charged into 3rd on the run before David McNamee took the final podium spot.
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A physically challenged competitor rides in the mix.
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Braden Currie runs with Bart Aernouts on Alii Drive.
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Patrick Lange smashed his own the Kona overall time, but was a minute short of his marathon record.
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Lucy Charles ran 3:05:50 on her way to an 8:36:32 runner-up finish – second fastest women’s time in Kona history.
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Patrick Lange embraces a fellow competitor.
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Daniela Ryf exults at the finish of an 8:26:16 day.
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Sarah True matched her 4th place finish at the 2012 Olympics with a 4th at the 2018 Ironman World Championship – in 8:43:32!
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Tim Don has reason to celebrate his months-long recovery in a halo to support his neck - one year after his traumatic pre-race accident at Kona.
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Three-time Ironman World Champ Mirinda Carfrae considered meeting daughter Izzy at the finish the icing on the cake of her 5th place finish.
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Patrick Lange was happy to win, but even happier when his fiancée Julia accepted his wedding proposal at the finish line.
