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It is the longest-running Ironman triathlon in North America apart from the Ironman World Championship. [1] Lake Placid played host to the Winter Olympics in 1932 and again in 1980, and has hosted Ironman Lake Placid every summer since 1999. [2] In August 2014, the CEO of WTC, Andrew Messick, announced that Ironman Lake Placid would be among ...
This impacted two dates during the 2016 championship qualifying year, July 24, where the professional women raced at Ironman Lake Placid and the professional men raced Ironman Canada [7] and August 20/21 where the women competed at Ironman Sweden and the men at Ironman Copenhagen. The program is based partly on feedback from female ...
It was the first time the Winter Games were held outside of Europe and the first of four Winter Olympics held in the United States; Lake Placid hosted again in 1980. [1] The games were awarded to Lake Placid in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System. [2]
Andy Potts earned victories at Ironman 70.3 New Orleans and Ironman 70.3 Boulder, and at Ironman 70.3 Timberman, he earned his third victory in as many attempts. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In 2011 Potts had several successful performances at the half-ironman distance, including first-place finishes at Ironman 70.3 Florida, Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, and ...
New York Hit the back of an SUV parked on the side of the road Bike US Lanlin Zhang [144] 31 7/13/2013 Musselman New York Fell and lost control of bike Bike France Unnamed [145] 30 6/24/2013 Ironman 140.6 France Nice Crashed into wall Bike Switzerland Unnamed [146] 59 6/23/2013 Lake Sempach Basel Drowning Swim US David Finley [147] 43 6/22/2013
New York City marathon winners in the men's and women's divisions will each earn six figures for outpacing their competitors in the 26.2-mile race on Sunday.. First-place male and female runners ...
It was there in 2013 that Johan Clarey of France set the World Cup record speed of 161.9 kph (100.6 mph). Paris finished fourth. Still, the 4.45-kilometers (2 ¾-mile) course that twists beneath ...
The Ironman 2008 Series consisted of 21 Ironman qualifying races plus the Ironman World Championship 2008 which was itself a qualifier for the 2009 Ironman World Championship. The series started with Ironman Wisconsin 2007 held on September 9, 2007, and in total 1,800 athletes qualified for the World Championship race.