Karen Smith produced an outstanding performance as she won the Female 45-49 Age Group in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championships clocking an overall time of 10:36:37.
After exiting the 2.4 Mile Swim in 11th place in her Age Group recording a time of 1:08:44, Smith worked her way up to 5th after the 112 mile Bike with a time of 5:43:19. By mile 13 on the run she was in 2nd place but still almost 6 minutes off race leader Dianna Hassell of the USA. In a thrilling finish Smith caught her in the last mile to take top Age Group honors having recorded the fastest Age Group time of 3:36:37.
Meanwhile Chris Harris produced a strong run, his best discipline, to help him finish 175th in the Male 45-49 Age Group clocking a time of 12:02:26.
Harris clocked 1:38:06 on the Swim, 6:49:05 on the Bike before closing out with a time of 3:21:44 on the Run Course.
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