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Kona 2008 race day images

The 2008 Ford Ironman World Championships are now in the books and here are a few images from the exciting day.

by Herbert Krabel, October 12, 2008

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Alexander, Wellington run their way to victories in Kona

The rematch between "Macca" and "Crowie" fizzled, and Wellington's duel with the 8:45 and 8:47 Iron record setters was made briefly interesting by ten interminable roadside minutes.

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Kona Odds – The women

Last year, Chrissie Wellington was an unkown dark horse and her shocking victory was the biggest upset in Kona history. hius year, it will be the biggest upset in Kona history if she doesn't win.

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Rutger Beke is this year’s stealth candidate at Kona

Injuries left the most reliable racer at Kona (2nd, 5th, 4th from 2003 through 2005) off the map. While virtually nobody knows it, Rutger is back and he’s dangerous

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Kona odds – the men

Outguessing Madame Pele on Ironman Day is a fool's errand. But here we go again.

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Ironman Hawaii 2008 – the bike check-in.

The athletes had 5 hours today to check in their bikes into the bike pen on the pier. Slowtwitch was there to capture some images of the athletes and their bikes.

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Ironman Hawaii 2008 – faces in the crowd.

With only 2 days left until the Ironman World Championships you can surely feel the anticipation getting bigger. The racers of course are maybe a bit more nervous and those who get to watch the event appear super excited.

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Kona Parade Day

Presaging the global cooling that will follow centuries of global warming, mild temperatures caused by airborne volcanic ash blocking the sun's rays greeted parade participants.

Photos of random apres-parade rendezvous with notables and others are also displayed herein.

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Ironman Hawaii 2008 Expo

The expo at Ironman Hawaii had its first full day today and it is quite a big larger than ever before. There are actually quite a few companies present who had never been in the official Ironman expo in Hawaii before. Plus it is a great place to run into various pros and industry folks.

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Ironman Hawaii 2008 – the morning swim.

There are still 4 days to go until the 2008 Ironman Hawaii, but the venues are already busy as if the race where tomorrow. We went down to the swim start this morning and checked out the action there.

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Andy Potts Interview

Some people think Potts can, like Luc van Lierde in 1996, win in his debut at Kona. Other people wonder if the tall, talented former University of Michigan NCAA swimmer is serious – or if this is just a scouting expedition.

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Bennett and Norden victorious in Dallas

Greg Bennett held off Kona bound Andy Potts and a slew of ITU studs to capture the 2008 Toyota US Open Triathlon in Dallas, Texas. In the women's race, Under 23 World Champion Lisa Norden of Sweden outran 2007 US Open Champion Sarah Haskins of the U.S. for the win.

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Cunningham and Bentley win Longhorn 70.3

Richie Cunningham beat a stellar field at the 2008 Ironman Longhorn 70.3 in Austin, Texas and Lisa Bentley nabbed the women's title. Five-time World Champion Simon Lessing finished 4th in his final pro race.