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Clearwater, Floride, le 8 Novembre 2008 - Aujourd'hui, Terenzo Bozzone et Joanna Zeiger remportent les titres de champions du Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3, présenté par Ford. Venu de Nouvelle-Zélande, Bozzone s'est placé premier sur trois courses 70.3 cette année et a célébré son premier titre de Champion du Monde 70.3 aujourd'hui, en un temps de 3h40mn10s. Zeiger, représentante des Etats-Unis, a aussi remporté trois victoires sur la distance 70.3 cette année et a passé la ligne d'arrivée en 4h02mn49s. Bozzone et Zeiger ont tous deux signé des records mondiaux lors de la course d'aujourd'hui, éclipsant ainsi les temps du parcours de l'an passé par plus de deux minutes et quatre minutes respectivement. Read the story »
Terenzo Bozzone and Joanna Zeiger won today's Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3, presented by Ford. Hailing from New Zealand, Bozzone took first place at three 70.3 events this year and celebrated his first world championship title today with a time of 3:40:10. Zeiger, from the U.S., also took home three 70.3 wins this year and crossed the finish line at 4:02:49. Both Bozzone and Zeiger earned world best times at today's event. Read the story »
Earlier this year Terenzo Bozzone was an angry young man. The 23-year-old had dreamed of making the Olympic team to represent New Zealand in Beijing. Instead he was left off the team. He turned his focus on Ironman 70.3 - today that proved to be a great move as he claimed the world championship. Read the story »
Add another amazing exploit to Joanna Zeiger's amazing resume. She's an Olympian. She's an Ironman champion. She managed to finish her PhD, finish fourth at the Olympics and finish fifth at the Ford Ironman World Championship all in the same year. Now we can add another amazing feat: the fastest Ironman 70.3 race ever - on the way to winning the title here at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3. Read the story »
As one of the original finishers of the first Ironman 30 years ago, Dave Orlowski returned to Kona this year to race again for the first time since he rode his borrowed Sears Free Spirit bike to become an Ironman. In part he wanted to get back to the lifestyle, in part he wanted to celebrate his achievement and, in part, he also wanted to dedicate the race to a friend. Read the story »
Andy Potts' racing attitude has always been pretty simple: "Go find the biggest races, go find the best people and then you have a measuring stick with which to measure yourself." Read the story »
While Andy Potts returns as the defending men's champion, even he has to wonder how his legs will feel through the second half of the run tomorrow. Potts is coming off a seventh place finish at last month's Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, which offers lots of hope to the men who couldn't catch him here a year ago. Read the story »
Do you think there's any chance there will be a dry eye in the house when Rick and Dick Hoyt get to the finish line on Saturday? My guess is no. Bring on the tissues, folks ... they're going to do it to us again. Read the story »
Ironman's newest event property, the Ironman 70.3 Series, culminates with its world championship in Clearwater, FL. More than 1,800 domestic and international competitors will earn the right to compete in the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 by qualifying at one of the 22 Ironman 70.3 events held around the world. Ironman 70.3 events consist of a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.
