Who is Solveig Løvseth? (And Why You Should Care)

Solveig Lovseth of Norway competes during the Qatar Airways IRONMAN Hamburg European Championship. Photo: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images for IRONMAN

We’re usually pretty quick to forget who came in third–do you remember that Chelsea Sodaro was third at the Nice World Championships last year? But the third-place finisher at IRONMAN Hamburg earlier this month is a name you shouldn’t forget: Solveig Løvseth.

After competing at the Olympic Games last year, the 25-year-old Norwegian switched her focus to long distance racing. Only a month after Paris, she picked up a podium at the 70.3 European Championships, just a few minutes behind Caroline Pohle and Kat Matthews. She followed that up with a 13th at the 70.3 World Championships. But even before her world championship result, Løvseth displayed her potential as a world-class contender and, after setting the fastest IRONMAN debut in Hamburg, if you don’t know who Solveig Løvseth is, you need to. 

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