whoop whoop !!SPOILER ALERT!! :)

big names, big race!

3 minutes in, kanute and appleton leading comfortably. i really like kanute - he races everything like his ass is on fire. expect him to have some of the best transition times today.

i didn't know much about appleton but he's growing on me, too.

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How much fast would Ben be without a beard?


who has the green sleeves in third is that Beakkgard?

They say what the water temp was? Pros is swim skims, is AG going to be non wetsuit too?

20c. That must be the cutoff for pros.

LCB flying

LCB already with a significant gap 3 min in

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dropping the ITU swimmers.....she motoring!

Just said it was 78.3 F

4 minutes in for the ladies, and lucy has sent it out like a house on fire. knibb trying to catch her feet but a few body lengths back...

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I hope they keep Holly and Ellie away from eachother on the swim, dont want a slugfest

Lucy gonna try and solo the whole race

Kristian Blu swimming in 4th at first 0.6 mi split.

If you are still half asleep and have problems finding the race links, like I did, let me save you some time:

Leaderboard and athlete tracker: https://track.rtrt.me/e/IRM-WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP703-2021#/leaderboard/top-pro-men-ironman-703-ironman703/SWIM-SPLIT
Live video feed: https://www.facebook.com/IRONMANnow/videos/413385583456055

At the last St George - Beakkgard was next to Long in the swim - he is now swimming in front of Blumenfeldt..... he improved a lot!!!

Not sure what Lucy gains on Knibb blowing these matches on swim. She would be better off tag teaming with her?

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lagerstrom at the tail of that group of 6, all of them holding 1:08/100 pace!

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Blummenvelt said that he normally likes to mash the gears on the bike, but that during training here in the hills, he noticed that that style burned his matches quickly, so he was going to try a different high cadence style - he isnt turning gold into iron yet!

45 seconds up on the rest of the girls already . . .

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probably more to do with Daniella

kanute destroys T1 and makes time on the bunch; lagerstrom second out onto the bike.

i think in 70.3 now, you need to know how to do transitions like an ITU athlete.

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Kanute wins both the swim and the transition!

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That makes sense to gap Daniela.

Sam Long only 2:20 down after swim. That’s good for him