{"id":7617,"date":"2021-03-14T03:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T03:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7617"},"modified":"2021-03-14T03:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T03:35:59","slug":"patrick-lange-takes-the-2017-ironman-world-champs-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7617","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Lange takes the 2017 Ironman World Champs title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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#IMKona @PatrickLange1 pic.twitter.com\/UCRSuA0Pp4<\/p>\n

\u2014 IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 15, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Germany\u2019s Patrick Lange has won the 2017 Ironman World Championship after a 8:01:40 overall split that smashed the Kona course record. The victory came after the reigning champion Jan Frodeno pulled up on the run due to injury and doggedly hobbled to the line in 9:15:44.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After Tim Don\u2019s pre-race pull-out following a car crash, Brit hopes were pinned on Scot David McNamee and he finished in a stunning third to break Spencer Smith\u2019s 20-year Brit men\u2019s Kona record of fifth.<\/p>\n

GERMAN THREAT<\/p>\n

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Gary Lineker once said that, \u201cFootball is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, the Germans always win.\u201d Much the same could be said for the men\u2019s race Ironman World Championship race in Hawaii in recent times, with 55 pro men swim, biking and running for eight hours before the Germans win, with Sebastian Kienle (2014) and Jan Frodeno (2015 and 2016) taking the past three titles in emphatic style.<\/p>\n

After his two consecutive wins, Jan Frodeno\u2019s big target for the 2017 Ironman World Championships was Craig Alexander\u2019s course record of 8:03:56 set in 2011 and, beyond that, a crack at becoming the first Ironman in history to go sub-8hrs in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Frodeno\u2019s biggest rival was Kienle once again, with the bike powerhouse \u2013 and no slouch on the run \u2013 aiming to make up the expected arrears on the 3.8km swim to create enough daylight between himself and Frodeno onto the marathon run. Their compatriot Patrick Lange, third in 2016, would also be a contender after a record-breaking 2:39:45 marathon 12 months before.<\/p>\n

For the Brits, David McNamee was the big hope to break Spencer Smith\u2019s 20-year record of fifth, with the hugely sad news of Tim Don being hit by a bike in the build-up overshadowing the GB pre-race news.<\/p>\n

INTO KAILUA BAY<\/p>\n

The 3.8km swim in Kailua Bay was led out by the American Josh Amberger in 47:09. Frodeno was over a minute back in 48:27, with Brits Harry Wiltshire (48:32) and David McNamee (48:40) in the front group. Kienle was over 5mins behind.<\/p>\n

At the 2:30hr mark of the race, Amberger had a 30sec gap to Frodeno, America\u2019s Ben Hoffman, Nils Frommhold of Germany and Bermuda\u2019s Tyler Butterfield. Yet the big movement was coming from behind, with Canada\u2019s Lionel Sanders, Aussie Cameron Wurf and Kienle passing the main chase group and closing in on Frodeno at the front.<\/p>\n

By 70km of the bike, Sanders had the overall lead and was delivering an average power output of 303 watts and average pace of 29mph, with Kienle and Wurf nestling behind. Normann Stadler\u2019s bike course record of 4:18hr looked under threat.<\/p>\n

With the wind picking up and temperatures rising over 80C by 10am Hawaii time, rumours were circulating \u2013 via the 1994 Ironman World Champion, Greg Welch \u2013 that Frodeno had an injury and had been having treatment in the week beforehand.<\/p>\n

The battle on the famous Queen Ka\u2019ahumanu Highway would continue throughout the bike, with Frodeno dropping 2:10mins back from the white hot trio of Kienle, Wurf and Sanders at the 100 mile (160km) point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The close of the 180km bike saw Cameron Wurf enter T2 after 4:12:54, with Stadler\u2019s record absolutely crushed. Sanders was 54secs back, Kienle 1:34, and Frodeno 2:16 in arrears. Lange and McNamee were close to 10mins behind. The run was on!<\/p>\n

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NEW BIKE COURSE RECORD: @CameronWurf established a bike course record in 4:12:54 \u2013 more than 5 minutes faster than Normann Stadler in 2006. pic.twitter.com\/5mhGCA6YIU<\/p>\n

\u2014 IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) October 14, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On his third Kona attempt, Sanders took the lead early in the run but looked to be moving gingerly, as was Frodeno, who had been moved to walking pace after 5km on the run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hard to see our defending champ walking at mile 3. pic.twitter.com\/x0pxNvQNbl<\/p>\n

\u2014 IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 14, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

America\u2019s Ben Hoffman was moving to the front as the main contender for U.S. glory since 2002, but it was Lange who has surging through the field. His made his move over the Canadian late in the day at the 23 mile (37km) point to break the iconic Ali\u2019i Drive tape in 8:01:40. Sanders held on for second 2:27mins back and McNamee took third from Kienle at the death with a 2:45:30 marathon to make Brit men\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Colorful, cheerful Ali\u2019i Drive. There\u2019s nothing like it! pic.twitter.com\/Neub7oGWTK<\/p>\n

\u2014 IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 15, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI always always since I was a child, dreamed of this. I really had to fight\u2013I had to fight so hard. Crowie [Carig Alexander] believed in me when we raced Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay, and he said \u2018you\u2019re going to win it\u2019 and I said \u2018No, I don\u2019t think so.\u2019 Honestly, I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d said Lange at the finish.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 8:04:07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lionel Sanders\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 8:07:11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David McNamee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 8:09:59\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sebastian Kienle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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#IMKona @PatrickLange1 pic.twitter.com\/UCRSuA0Pp4 \u2014 IronmanLIVE.com (@IRONMANLive) October 15, 2017 Germany\u2019s Patrick Lange has won the 2017 Ironman World Championship after a 8:01:40 overall split that smashed the Kona course record. The victory came after the reigning champion Jan Frodeno pulled up on the run due to injury and doggedly hobbled to the line in 9:15:44….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}