Patrick Lange IRONMAN 2024 World Champion in Kona
The German wins his third world title and breaks the record of the race with 07:35:53
Today a new edition of the World championship HOMBRE DE HIERRO in Kona, Hawaii. This year it was the men's turn, after last year's Sam Laidlow He was proclaimed champion in Nice and Lucy Charles achieved victory in Kona. This year, Laura Phillip was crowned champion in Nice
Today's competition was one of the most hotly contested to date, with four world champions on the starting line: Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden, Patrick Lange y Sam Laidlow.
Swimming Segment
The test began with the 3.800 meters of swimming, in which menno koolhaas He was the first to emerge from the water, closely followed by Sam Laidlow to three seconds. Antonio Benito y Patrick Lange They left six seconds apart, while Kristian Blummenfelt He did it at 18 seconds and Branden Currie and 19.
Among the other favorites, Magnus Bækkegård came out at 20 seconds, David McNamee at 25 seconds, Magnus ditlev at 1:15, Gustav Iden at 3:31, and Lionel Sanders to 5: 18.
Cycling Segment
In the cycling segment, Sam Laidlow He followed his usual strategy and went solo from the start, passing kilometer 14 as leader with a 1:07 advantage over a group of 18 triathletes, among whom were Patrick Lange, Antonio Benito, Kristian Blummenfelt, Ben Kanute, and Rudy von berg.
By the 40km mark, Laidlow had increased his lead to 2:10 over the chasing pack. By the 95km mark, he was still in the lead with a 2:33 lead. Magnus ditlev and 4: 55 on menno koolhaas, who formed a group 30 seconds away along with Benedict, Swaddle, Von Berg y Blummenfelt.
After the climb to Kawaihae, Laidlow continued to extend his lead, reaching T2 with a 5:53 lead over robert callin and 6: 57 on Ditlev. Behind them, they arrived Bækkegård at 7:21, Leon chevalier at 7:57, Blummenfelt at 8:55, Patrick Lange at 9:06 and Antonio Benito to 9: 07.
During cycling, Kristian Blummenfelt had difficulties, vomiting several times on the bike. In addition, Gustav Iden He received a 60-second penalty for littering the circuit
Laidlow was the fastest in this segment with 3:57:22, which means riding at an average of 45,75 km/h
Kristian Blummenfelt battling through a tough moment on the bike—but the Norwegian is pushing forward.
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Foot Race
In the running segment, Sam Laidlow began to lose momentum progressively, while Patrick Lange, from behind, made up time and positions. By the 5km mark, Lange was already in second place, 7:07 behind the French leader, and gradually closed the gap. Finally, Lange overtook Laidlow at the 18km mark and went off alone.
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Patrick Lange closes out the 9min deficit and passes Sam Laidlow to move into 1st place🤯
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Passing through the half marathon, Patrick Lange He was leading with a 3:40 advantage over Leon chevalier, 4:55 about Magnus ditlev, and 5: 31 on Rudy von berg. In this point, Antonio Benito He was in sixth position, 7:25 behind the German triathlete, while Blummenfelt He fell down the classification, passing kilometer 24 almost 20 minutes behind the leader.
Shortly after Laidlow, he had to stop. It could be seen live
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Sam Laidlow🇫🇷 is still moving forward after leaving the Top 10.
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Lange continued to increase his lead in the remaining kilometers, reaching kilometer 32 with a 5:33 difference over Magnus ditlev, 6:57 about Von Berg and 7: 52 on Knight. Antonio Benito He fell to 10th place, 12:25 behind Lange.
Finally, Patrick Lange He took victory and his third world title with a time of 7 hours, 35 minutes and 53 seconds. Lange proved, once again, to be one of the most consistent triathletes in the history of the IRONMAN of Kona.
The second classified has been Magnus ditlev (7:43:39) and third Rudy Von Berg (7:46:00).
As for the rest of the favorites, David McNamee it was 13º, Sam Laidlow 18 and the SpanishI Antonio Benito 20th in his first participation in a world championship
Top 10 men's IRONMAN Kona 2024
Job title | Athlete | Final time |
---|---|---|
1 | Patrick Lange | 07:35:53 |
2 | Magnus ditlev | 07:43:39 |
3 | Rudy von berg | 07:46:00 |
4 | Leon chevalier | 07:46:54 |
5 | menno koolhaas | 07:47:22 |
6 | Gregory barnaby | 07:48:22 |
7 | Cameron Wurf | 07:51:26 |
8 | Kieran Lindars | 07:51:55 |
9 | Kristian Høgenhaug | 07:53:37 |
10 | Matt Hanson | 07:54:50 |
Check the Test results
Patrick Lange's times at IRONMAN Hawaii 2024
These have been the times and rhythms in each segment that Lange has done:
- Swimming 3,8 km: 47:09, pace 1:13 /100m
- Cycling: 180 km 4:06:22, pace of 44.08 km/h.
- Race on foot 42,2 km: 2:37:34, pace of 3:42 min/k