Amos Gollach now resides in Australia, but this M18-24 GoPro Ironman World Champion was born and grew up in Zimbabwe. Gollach recorded a 9:01:15 – a 46 minute improvement over his previous Kona effort.
by Herbert Krabel, November 7, 2013
Samantha Morrison won the F18-24 age group at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships with a massive margin, and we expect to see much more from this talented Air Force 2nd Lieutenant.
That name may not sound familiar to many, but should. Lubos Bilek is the coach of Sebastian Kienle and this Czech born German resident also coaches Svenja Bazlen and Andi Böcherer. Meet the man.
We stumbled upon our first random age grouper in Kona at Lava Java and you now get to meet Aussie Christine Lefeaux who qualified for the GoPro Ironman World Championships at Ironman Melbourne.
Aussie Hayden Armstrong finally managed to go sub-9 at the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona, but in his very strong age group that meant 8th place. We had a few words with him.
Tyler, Texas resident Clay Emge won the M25-29 category at the 2013 GoPro World Championships in Kona with a 58:11 swim, 4:43:01 bike and 3:00:33 run and a total time of 8:47:36.
After an ankle operation age grouper Ali Rowatt started her 2013 season gingerly, but closed it out with a big bang and a runner-up finish at the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
Brit Liz Blatchford had a superb rookie race in Kona with a 9:03:45 and stormed to third place. This feat is not easily done and we had a few words with her about her race and the Kona experience in general.
We had a video chat with 2013 GoPro Ironman World Champion Mirinda Carfrae about the superb record breaking race performance, shopping for Audis and more.
Olympian Richard Murray won World Triathlon Series podiums, has a strong mountain biking background and beat countryman Conrad Stoltz at XTERRA South Africa. Can he win Maui?
British Pro Triathlete Rachel Joyce talked to slowtwitch about her 2nd place finish at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships. Enjoy this video chat.
The flying Scot Lesley Paterson is stronger than ever and aims to join Julie Dibens as the only women to win three straight XTERRA World Championship titles Sunday in Kapalua, Maui.
South African Kyle Buckingham was the top age grouper at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships in 8:37:26 and that allowed him to be 16th overall. We had a chat with him about his race and moving on to the next step.