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You want a comeback story? Elizabeth Thompson's first workout to prepare herself for last weekend's Ford Ironman World Championship was a simple one: stand next to her bed. Once she had achieved that goal, the next step in the long journey to becoming an Ironman again? Walking across the room. Those "workouts" took place just over a year ago as Thompson learned to walk and talk again after suffering a debilitating stroke while on vacation in France last year. Read the story »
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Just like I did earlier this year at Ironman France-Nice, I get to wrap today's up by telling a story about an incredible woman. A year and a half ago, Elizabeth Thompson was on holiday in Nice when she suddenly found herself on the floor, unable to move. She lost use of her arms and her legs. One eye started to twitch. Her body was shutting down too much for her to even think that she might be dying. Read the story »
2009 Ford Ironman World Championship, Craig Alexander gelingt Titelverteidigung/ 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship, Chrissie Wellington schafft den Hattrick Read the story »
She might not have quite led from start to finish here today at the Ford Ironman World Championship, but almost from the gun the race here in Kailua-Kona was had a predictable conclusion as Chrissie Wellington broke Paula Newby-Fraser's course record. Read the story »
Australia's Craig Alexander and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington defended their titles today at the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Alexander added a second consecutive World Championship title to his resume, while Wellington added a third. Wellington's overall time of 8:54:02 broke the course record set in 1992 by Ironman icon, Paula Newby-Fraser. Read the story »
The women's press conference after today's race featured Chrissie Wellington, Mirinda Carfrae and Virginia Berasategui. Here are some quotes from the top three women's finishers. Read the story »
The press conference after today's Ford Ironman World Championship featured four of the top five finishers. Here are some of the thoughts we heard from Craig Alexander, Chris Lieto, Andreas Raelert and Rasmus Henning. Read the story »
I guess my reputation is getting well known here in Kona. Today a few people have asked me what I thought was going to happen tomorrow - they inevitably started by saying "I'm not asking you to predict the winners or the top three ...because I know you don't do that." Read the story »
PowerBar, the official nutrition partner of Ironman, is a global sponsor for our sport. Which is why PowerBar products have become a mainstay for Ironman competitors - they know that they will be available on every Ironman course. Ironman and PowerBar view sports nutrition as the "fourth pillar" of performance that athletes need to master in order to train and compete successfully. Read the story »
