The 33-year-old Team BMC triathlete from Nevada put in an inspired performance to ward off Lucy Charles-Barclay<\/a>, <\/strong>who in turn held off 2019 champion Anne Haug<\/strong><\/a> to clinch a fourth consecutive runners-up spot in Hawaii.<\/p>\n It also meant that Sodaro \u2013 who gave birth to daughter Skye 18 months ago \u2013 was the first triathlete to win on debut since Chrissie Wellington<\/a><\/strong> in 2007.<\/p>\n On an historic day that saw the first standalone women\u2019s race in the event\u2019s history, Sodaro\u2019s finish time of 8.33.46 was the second fastest winning time in Kona. It was capped by a 2:51:45 marathon, just a minute outside Mirinda Carfrae\u2019s run course record.<\/p>\n Pre-race favourite and five-time Ironman world champion Daniela Ryf<\/a><\/strong> led into T2 but quickly faded on the marathon, while heavily fancied German Laura Philipp<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0had her hopes dented by a 5min drafting penalty early in the bike leg before running through for fourth.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> There was no surprise to see Charles-Barclay go full gas from the gun, but the gap created in the first few hundred metres didn\u2019t extend a great deal over the 2.4 miles.<\/span><\/p>\n That was largely due to the efforts of Lauren Brandon, as the US triathlete led a line of four including Britain\u2019s Fenella Langridge<\/a><\/strong>, New Zealand\u2019s Rebecca Clarke and Brazil\u2019s Pamela Oliveira.<\/span><\/p>\n Charles-Barclay was first out of the water in 50:57 \u2013 almost 2min slower than her swim in 2019 \u2013 with Brandon next on to the Kona pier 40secs behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The additional swell made the swim more challenging than on recent previous visits to the Big Island and the next pack headed by USA\u2019s Hayley Chura was almost 3mins back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Chura, who led out of the water in St George in May, was joined by a clutch of fellow Americans including Jocelyn McCauley, Sodaro, Sarah True and Skye Moench<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The surprise was how far the third group containing Ryf was behind \u2013 a sizeable 7mins \u2013 as Denmark\u2019s Maja Stage-Nielsen led the reigning champion, as well as Haug and Philipp into T1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Langridge made her intentions clear by whipping through transition and closing the gap to Charles-Barclay at the front.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Behind them Brandon and Clarke slipped to 2mins back over the first 25 miles, with a group of five including Olympic 2012 silver medallist Lisa Norden and 2019 third-placer Sarah Crowley 90secs further behind.<\/span><\/p>\n Philipp was one of the fastest on course for the first 30 miles of the bike leg before being handed a 5min penalty along with Crowley for the first of a fistful of infringements that were handed out. Norden would soon follow them into the sin bin.<\/span><\/p>\n While Charles-Barclay and Langridge were holding strong at the front, it was Ryf on the charge as they headed into the second half of the bike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sodaro, a renowned runner who had set the second fastest Ironman debut on record in Hamburg earlier in the year and said she wasn\u2019t feeling any pressure ahead of the race<\/strong><\/a>, was also moving well, with Sweden\u2019s Sara Svensk, Moench, McCauley and the dangerous Haug all within 5mins of the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n There was under five miles to go when Ryf caught Langridge and Charles-Barclay, with the Brit staying with the Swiss into T2 and her fellow Langridge just 1min back. Norden and Sodaro led the chasers a further 2min adrift.<\/span><\/p>\n While Ryf headed out of transition in the lead it was soon Charles-Barclay who seized the initiative on the marathon to open a gap on the out-and-back section on Ali\u2019i Drive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By the 5-mile mark Sodaro was already in second place and running faster than anyone on the course, and took the lead just after the climb up the hill at Palani.<\/span><\/p>\n Past halfway and, while 2019 champion Haug was laying chase in third, Sodaro was still opening the gap at the front.<\/span><\/p>\n After 18 miles the German looked set to pass Charles-Barclay for second, but the resilient Brit refused to yield and stayed strong as they ran back down Palani hill to clinch a fourth successive runner-up spot in Kona.<\/p>\n Haug finished for third, while Philipp was best of the rest after fighting back from that penalty early on the bike.<\/p>\n The best of the rest included Norden (fifth), Langridge (sixth), Crowley (seventh), while Ryf had faded back to eighth. Moench and Brit Laura Siddall rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n As for the other Brits racing in the women\u2019s race, Susie Cheetham finished 11th, Ruth Astle 14th and Chantal Sainter 29th.<\/p>\n Top image credit:<\/strong> Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images for Ironman<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n By Tim Heming Published: Friday, 07 October 2022 at 12:00 am Chelsea Sodaro delivered a brilliant marathon to be crowned Ironman world champion at her first attempt and become the first American-born woman to win the title for 27 years. 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