KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII – Last year's champions returned the Ironman world championship in Kona in a Big Island way in 2016, as reigning men's winner Jan Frodeno and defending women's champ Daniela Ryf both completed the race’s 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile marathon and etched a piece of history at the world’s most physically demanding, single-day sporting event.
Frodeno, who last year finished the grueling course in eight hours, 14 minutes, 40 seconds, crushed this year’s competition and was crowned with his second consecutive title, crossing the finish in 8:06:30.
“There was little calculated about this year,” Frodeno, 35, said after his victory.