Ironman World Championship Kona 2018: Results, Top 5 medal winners.
The 42nd edition of the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon 70.3, the Ironman World Championship 2018 was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 13, 2018, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii that was won by Patrick Lange (Men's) of Germany and Daniela Ryf (Women's) of Switzerland.
The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978 & organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).
For Ryf it was her fourth consecutive Ironman World Championship win. For Lange it was his second consecutive. They set a new overall course record previously set by them in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Germany's Lange, 32, set a course record, breaking the eight-hour mark for the first time, while Britain's David McNamee finished third.
She finished in a course record of eight hours 26 minutes 16 seconds, beating the previous best by 20 minutes. Ryf, who won for the fourth successive year,
The Ironman triathlon sees competitors complete a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km cycle section and finally a 42.2km run.
Men's
Rank -- Medal Winners Swim -- Bike -- Run -- Finish -- Points
1 -- Patrick Lange (GER) 00:50:37 -- 04:16:04 -- 02:41:31 -- 07:52:39 -- 5000
2 -- Bart Aernouts (BEL) 00:54:07 -- 04:12:25 -- 02:45:41 -- 07:56:41 -- 4951
3 -- David McNamee (GBR-UK) -- 00:49:31 -- 04:21:18 -- 02:46:03 -- 08:01:09 -- 4898
4 -- Tim O'Donnell (USA) 00:47:45 -- 04:18:45 -- 02:52:33 -- 08:03:17 -- 4872
5 -- Braden Currie (NZL) -- 00:49:28 -- 04:17:17 -- 02:53:38 -- 08:04:41 -- 4855
Women's
Rank -- Medal Winners Swim -- Bike -- Run -- Finish -- Points
1 Daniela Ryf (Sui) -- 00:57:27 -- 04:26:07 -- 02:57:05 -- 08:26:18 -- 5000
2 Lucy Charles (GB) -- 00:48:14 -- 04:38:10 -- 03:05:50 -- 08:36:34 -- 4876
3 Anne Haug (Ger) -- 00:54:21 -- 04:47:45 -- 02:55:20 -- 08:41:58 -- 4812
4 Sarah True (US) -- 00:52:06 -- 04:49:19 -- 02:57:38 -- 08:43:43 -- 4791
5 Mirinda Carfrae (Aus) -- 00:58:18 -- 04:46:05 -- 03:01:41 -- 08:50:45 -- 4706
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