{"id":14819,"date":"2022-06-06T13:41:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=103275"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:53:10","slug":"laura-philipp-sets-fastest-ever-womens-ironman-time","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/laura-philipp-sets-fastest-ever-womens-ironman-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Philipp sets fastest-ever women\u2019s Ironman time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Slade\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 06 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The weekend may have been dominated by Sub7<\/a> and Sub8<\/a>, but Kat Matthews<\/a>, Kristian Blummenfelt<\/a> and co weren\u2019t the only ones setting records yesterday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Racing at the Ironman European Championship in Hamburg, German Laura Philipp defended her European crown and set the fastest ever women\u2019s time at an Ironman event.<\/p>\n

Her time of 8:18:20 saw her finish a remarkable 18 minutes ahead of second-place finisher Chelsea Sodaro (USA) and miss out on Chrissie Wellington<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s iron-distance race record by just seven seconds, which was set at Challenge Roth in 2011.<\/p>\n

Kristian Blummenfelt breaks record on Ironman debut<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Blummenfelt and Skipper go Sub7 over the iron-distance<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
Kat Matthews smashes Sub8 attempt<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>
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How the race unfolded<\/strong><\/h2>\n