Ironman Texas could be the fastest race in history

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The organization has published that it cut the distances of the test and the records will not be official

 Yesterday, the Ironman Texas the second KPR 4.000 of the season that would have become the fastest Ironman race in history for many reasons,

Rectification: The organization has published that will not recognize the records collected in the test, since it cut the route although it had announced after the celebration of the test

Before speaking of "marks" or "records" of the Ironman of Texas we must emphasize that in triathlon the distances are not homologated so it is not correct to say that "a record has been broken" of the world, but we wanted to make this article as a curiosity because we know that it is to the liking of many of our readers. With this clarification we are going to quote why yesterday we experienced the "fastest ironman" in history.

The victories were for the American Matt Hanson and the Australian Melissa Hauschildt and this was the top 3 in each of the categories

 TOP 3 MASCULINE

1.- Matt Hanson 7: 39: 25
2.- Ivan Tutukin 7: 39: 57
3.- Will Clarke 7: 45: 22

 TOP 3 FEMALE

1.- Melissa Hauschildt 8: 31: 05
2.- Jodie Robertson 8: 43: 16
3.- Lesley Smith 8: 43: 52

Why can we consider the IM Texas 2018 as the fastest Ironman?

Here we quote all the data that corroborate

• Best mark in an Ironman of the IM franchise in male category: 7:39:25 for Matt Hanson and second best mark ever, only surpassed by 7:35:39 of Jan Frodeno at Roth 2017.
• Unique Ironman with 2 sub men 7: 40 in the same edition
• Unique Ironman with 6 sub men 7: 50 in the same edition
• Unique Ironman with 11 men sub 8h in the same edition
• Best mark in the cycling sector for Andrew Starykowicz 3: 54: 59 (at an average of almost 46 km / h)
• Best mark in the career sector for Matt Hanson 2: 34: 39
• Best mark in an Ironman of the IM franchise in female category: 8: 31: 05 for Melissa Hauschildt and fourth best ever in an ironman distance triathlon.
• Unique Ironman with 7 women sub 8: 50 in the same edition
• Unique Ironman with 10 women sub 9h in the same edition
• Best mark in the cycling sector for Melissa Hauschildt 4: 29: 55 (to an average of more than 40 / kmh)

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