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Tough wind conditions along Hamakua Coast, Kohala mountains; winner expected at Old Kona Airport about noon Sunday

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Jonas Colting combined a great swim and bike leg Friday to take the lead in the 27th annual Ultraman World Championships. He was second out of the swim, with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 23 seconds, and lit out on the bike finishing the day with […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Day 2 of the Ultraman World Championships is all about the bike. The 171.4-mile course runs the length of the island from Volcano to Hawi, via Hilo and Hamakua. Sweden’s Jonas Colting – the champion in 2004 and 2007 – had to fight off a 6-minute drafting penalty, but […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Two-time champ Jonas Colting, of Sweden, jumped into the Ultraman lead Friday after a 6.2-mile ocean swim and 90-mile bike leg that finished in Volcano. Colting managed to open a 10-minute gap over Australian Mike LeRoux, who has another 10-minute lead over Californian Slater Fletcher. In her inaugural run […]

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