Cristian Bustos Rocks

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The man keeps ticking, now 40 years old. I remember when he beat the Germans on their home turf at Roth 1993 going 8:08 or so.

NAME Cristian Bustos   BIB NUMBER 80  AGE 40  PROFESSION Business Owner  STATE/COUNTRY Pe±alolen CHL![http://liveupdate.ironmanlive.com/ppv/images/spacer.gif](http://liveupdate.ironmanlive.com/ppv/images/spacer.gif)    SWIM BIKE  RUN OVERALL FINISH POSITION  1:00:13 4:54:51 --:-- --:-- 104    RACE LEG DISTANCE PACE POSITION  TOTAL SWIM 2.4 mi. (1:00:13) 1:35/100m 226  FIRST BIKE SEGMENT 4.75 mi. (1:16:21) 20.88 mph  SECOND BIKE SEGMENT 32 mi. (2:18:53) 26.15 mph  THIRD BIKE SEGMENT 59 mi. (3:38:14) 20.42 mph  FOURTH BIKE SEGMENT 87 mi. (4:47:16) 24.34 mph  BIKE FINISH 112 mi. (5:57:33) 21.34 mph  TOTAL BIKE 112 mi. (4:54:51) 22.79 mph 99  FIRST RUN SEGMENT 5.2 mi. (6:37:36) 7:15/mile  SECOND RUN SEGMENT 17.6 mi. (--:--) --/mile  RUN FINISH 26.2 mi. (--:--) --/mile  TOTAL RUN 26.2 mi. (--:--) --/mile 104       TRANSITION TIME  SWIM - TO - BIKE (T1) 2:29  BIKE - TO - RUN (T2) 2:16
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That is awesome. I still have the images in my mind from the crash he had where he was basically run over from behind on the bike and almost died. Incredible guy.

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I wonder how many on the forum know his story about his accident in the 90’s? The sotry they did on him for the 95 ironmans telecast is one of the few “human interest” stories that gives me chills. And he came back that year and got 6th!

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Before his accident:

IRONMAN HAWAII ~ 01-OCT-1992
Swim 3.8k, Bike 180k, Run 42.2k

**TOP MALE ATHLETES**  **PL** **NAME** **NAT** **SWIM** **BIKE** **RUN** **TOTAL** **DIFF.**  1 <u>MARK ALLEN</u> USA 00:51:27 04:35:23 02:42:18 08:09:08 -  2 <u>CRISTIAN BUSTOS</u> <u></u> 00:52:35 04:34:16 02:49:38 08:16:29 0:07:21.