German Patrick Lange has won his third Hawaiian Ironman triathlon world championship, while Australian Cameron Wurf has placed seventh.
Lange, who was not rated one of the top favourites, pumped his fists with emotion as he finished at Kailua-Kona on Hawaii 's Big Island in a course-record time of seven hours 35 minutes 53 seconds.Wurf, who is also a professional cyclist with the Ineos-Grenadiers team, has twice held the bike course record at Hawaii .
The 41-year-old then ran his way into seventh place, clocking 7:51:26 for the 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km run event.Lange, 39, previously won Hawaii in 2017 and 2018 and on Sunday he beat Dane Magnus Ditlev by nearly eight minutes, with American Rudy Von Berg third."It's amazing, I can't believe it … I just feel grateful."
But Laidlow detonated on the run and did well to finish in 18th, while Australian Nick Thompson was 21st and compatriot Sam Appleton crossed the line in 24th.
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