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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Jonas Colting combined a great swim and bike leg Friday to take the lead in the 27th annual Ultraman World Championships. He was second out of the swim, with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 23 seconds, and lit out on the bike finishing the day with […]

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On Friday, Nov. 25, 38 ultra-athletes will once again plunge into the waters of Kailua Bay to begin what is considered to be one of the world’s most demanding individual multi-sport events – the three days of the Ultraman World Championships.

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Day 2 of the Ultraman World Championships is all about the bike. The 171.4-mile course runs the length of the island from Volcano to Hawi, via Hilo and Hamakua. Sweden’s Jonas Colting – the champion in 2004 and 2007 – had to fight off a 6-minute drafting penalty, but […]

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Ann Heaslett takes 35 minutes off women’s run record; Giorgio Alessi earns Honu Award, but he has a very good excuse for coming in absolutely last

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Round-the-island endurance race in Volcano tonight; Hilo and Hamakua on Saturday and back at Kona finish line about lunch time Sunday

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Alexandre Ribeiro has added another Ultraman world champion title to his resume. Ribeiro, a 43-year-old personal trainer from Rio de Janeiro who also won the title in 2003 and 2005, crossed the finish line just behind Miro Kregar of Slovenia, but his three-day time of 21 hours, 49 minutes and 38 seconds was best in […]

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Photos from Saturday, day two/stage II, of the 2008 Ultraman Triathlon along with results of day one.

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