Ironmanlife: Last Kona Follow Ups

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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An incredible day in Kona

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 »

German Recaps

2009 Ford Ironman World Championship, Craig Alexander gelingt Titelverteidigung/ 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship, Chrissie Wellington schafft den Hattrick Read the story »

Wellington Sets a New Standard

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 »

2009 Press release

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 »

Women's press conference

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 »

Catching Up With the Top Men

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 »

Another win for Alexander

There are only four men who have ever managed to repeat as Ford Ironman World Championship. The fourth joined the exclusive group today - Craig Alexander managed to do what has been so difficult for others today with a convincing win today, beating a truly world-class field in the process as he ran his way to his second successive win here at the Ford Ironman World Championship. Read the story »

Ford Ironman World Championship Bike Count

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Kona 2009