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More than 2,300 triathletes join returning champions Kienle, Carfrae for Oct. 10 world championship; list of Big Island athletes

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Kienle wins his first world title; Carfrae scores her third and lowers the run record (again)

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MEDIA RELEASE Ironman has released the official list of competitors for the 2014 Ironman World Championship presented by GoPro in Kailua-Kona on Oct. 11, with this year’s field comprising one of the most diverse and global group of competitors in the 36-year history of the most iconic endurance event in the world. More than 2,000 […]

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Olympic speedskater working with Newby Frazier, Alexander, Carfrae and McKenzie

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At age 78, Harriet Anderson comes in with more than 3 minutes to spare

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Van Lierde: ‘I tried to be smart and it worked out. After last year, I believed I could do it. I worked hard this year. This is amazing.’

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor (Editor’s Note: Live online coverage of the race begins at 6 a.m. Check it out at www.kona.ironman.com) Triathletes are getting their game face on for the 34th annual World Triathlon Championship. The race features 1,928 of the world’s top endurance triathletes, who will swim, bike and run one of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The 2012 Ironman World Championship presented by myList is set to take place Saturday, Oct. 13 in Kailua-Kona. Nearly 2,000 athletes from 50 states and 64 countries will swim 2.4 miles in the Pacific Ocean, cycle 112 miles through the iconic lava fields of Kailua-Kona and run 26.2 miles finishing on the scenic […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The world’s top Ironman triathletes will enter the water in Kailua Bay in the hunt for the champion’s jersey on October 13, 2012. While defending women’s champion Chrissie Wellington won’t be competing this year, the 2010 Ironman world champion, Mirinda Carfrae, is competing. The men’s race features three former Ironman world champions: defending […]

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Kendra Mahon | Ironman There are a lot of things we already know about Australian professional triathlete, Mirinda Carfrae. She began her racing career in 2000, at the age of 19. In 2007, she went on to win the title at the Ironman World Championship 70.3, setting a course record of 4:07:25, an achievement that […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows hosts the inaugural K-Swiss Pau Hana Sunset 10km Fun Run & Walk 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 – a benefit for the West Hawaii Chapter of the American Cancer Society. The event, which is taking place on Mauna Lani’s world-famous Francis H. Ii Brown North golf […]

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(Kevin Mackinnon interviews the defending Ford Ironman World Champion) As the women’s field at last year’s Ironman World Championship were digesting the news that Chrissie Wellington wouldn’t be starting the race, the woman who immediately became the race favorite in the three-time defending champ’s absence looked at her coach, Siri Lindley, and said “I better […]

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 by Matthew Dale There are perks to being an Ironman world champion. Take shopping. Mirinda Carfrae was cruising New York’s Fifth Avenue in December with her boyfriend, fellow pro triathlete Tim O’Donnell. And what store were they browsing when Carfrae was approached by a stranger? “Versace,” says Carfrae with more than […]

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McCormack, Carfrae thank family, supporters and Kona community

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