Saturday morning was from Eliud Kipchoge.
The night, by Jan Frodeno .
The German athlete, Olympic gold in Beijing 2008, won his third Ironman World Championship in Hawaii by pulverizing the race record. He made a good swim section (3.8 km) and extended distances with his rivals in the 180 kilometers of bicycle. He started the marathon (42.2 km) with more than two minutes and managed to finish that phase in 2 hours and 42 minutes. 42 minutes slower than Kipchoge ... but having done swimming and cycling before.
Frodeno, 38, had already won the World Cup in 2015 and 2016, and finished with a time of seven hours, 51 minutes and 13 seconds. "My legs are broken, " he summed up. "I don't care about the record. It's a championship, the Wimbledon of our sport."
The American Tim O'Donnell was second to eight minutes, while the German Sebastian Kienle came in third position. The Germans have won the last six world championships: Patrick Lange in 2017 and 2018 and Kienle in 2014, in addition to those achieved by Frodeno.
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