Triathlon-Eighty-year-old becomes oldest woman to finish Ironman World Championship


Natalie Grabow completed the 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride, and 42km run in 16 hours, 45 minutes and 26 seconds. -- PHOTO: LEEGRUENFELD/X via The Straits Times-ANN

HAWAII (Reuters): Natalie Grabow proved that age really is just a number when the 80-year-old became the oldest woman ever to complete the gruelling Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, on Saturday.

The American age-grouper completed the 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike ride, and 42 km run in 16 hours, 45 minutes, and 26 seconds, winning the F80-84 division in her 10th start at the iconic Hawaii event.

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