KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) " Germany's Jan Frodeno and Switzerland's Daniela Ryf successfully defended their Ironman triathlon world championships Saturday, each outpacing former world champions. The 35-year-old Frodeno had the third-fastest swim and the eighth-fastest bike split, before running away from 2014 world champion and fellow German triathlete Sebastian Kienle early in the marathon. With a run time of 2:39:45, Lange broke the 27-year-old course record set by Mark Allen in 1989. Australian Craig Alexander set the course record of 8:03:56 in 2011. The race consisted of 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike leg and full 26.2-mile marathon run.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 09, 2016 01:18 UTC