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Watch Ironman on TV
NBC will air a 90-minute special this weekend about this year’s Ford Ironman World Championship, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Oct. 11 in Kona, Hawaii.
We had a good showing of Austin area athletes at the race, a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run. This year saw one of the highest temperatures ever on the course. Competitors ages 18 to 79 took part in what is considered the world’s greatest endurance event.
Al Trautwig will narrate the program, which will air from 1:30 — 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 on KXAN.
The show features intense back-and-forth competition among the top professionals, including winners Craig Alexander of Australia and Chrissie Wellington of Great Britain. Also highlighted are a paraplegic who was injured in a motocross accident, a Navy SEAL who has raised more than $300,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which pays the college tuition for children of personnel killed in the line of duty, a major league baseball player, and a two-time terminal cancer survivor.
For more information, go to http://ironman.com/mediacenter/pressreleases/30th-anniversary-ford-ironman-world-championship-airs-on-nbc
The following Austin athletes competed in this year’s race:
- Noel Adorno, 44
- Julianne Fiocca, 38
- Lisa Preeg, 43
- Brad Floyd, 37
- Chris Toriggino, 41
- James Bonney, 36
- Patrick Evoe, 31
- Grant Glauser, 23
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By Sara
December 9, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
The amazing Desiree Ficker also competed this year.