Woman wins the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon
Who: We wish we could see four-time women’s winner Natascha Badmann win the Ironman, but it isn’t going to happen.
When: 2018
Why: Physiology favors women as events get super-long. We’ve already seen women outdo men in some of the toughest endurance competitions: Susan Butcher won the Iditarod and Lynn Hill speed-climbed The Nose. In this year’s Boston Marathon, the top two women would have finished 13th and 14th in the men’s competition. In the Hawaii Ironman, women are now within 40 minutes of the men’s mark in the 140-mile event, and are edging closer.
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