Five-time Ironman world champion Daniela Ryf said it would be her last\u00a0 race in Hawaii after a fifth-placed finish in the 2023 Ironman World Championship.<\/p>
\u201cThat was probably my last Kona,\u201d said the 36-year-old, who also saw her course record fall to new champion Lucy Charles-Barclay<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI had that in my mind racing and I think I reached my potential here.\u201d<\/p> Ryf, who won on the Big Island from 2015 to 2018 before adding a fifth Ironman world title in St George, Utah last year, leaves an incredible legacy with Paula Newby-Fraser and Natascha Badmann being the only women to have triumphed more in Hawaii.<\/p> While she struggled to regain fitness for yesterday\u2019s race following a covid infection, she is still a force to be reckoned with over the full distance – as shown by a course record breaking performance at Challenge Roth in June.<\/p> She also said there will be one more shot at the Ironman worlds, as the women\u2019s event switches to France for 2024 as the men return to Hawaii.<\/p> \u201cFor next year I think Nice will be a great one to do,\u201d Ryd added. \u201dSo, still one more world championship. I do believe I will come back to the island but that was my last time racing here.\u201d<\/p> Ryf, who also has five Ironman 70.3 world titles to her name, was full of praise for new champion Charles-Barclay, who she beat into second place in 2017 and 2018 in Hawaii.<\/p> \u201cI\u2019m really happy for Lucy, she has fought so hard for it for the last five years. I definitely made it hard for her for long time and then she had two other women [Anne Haug<\/strong><\/a> in 2019, and Chelsea Sodaro<\/strong><\/a> last year] crushing her dreams, so she deserves it.\u201d<\/p> Assessing her own race she said: \u201cI\u2019m happy with the swim, the bike was a bit of a struggle and I blew up after 100km, but I also think Lucy and Taylor rode really strongly so that also was kind of pushing me a bit over my limit.<\/p> \u201cI felt pretty bad off the bike but the run was solid. I\u2019m not at the level I want to be yet after my Covid infection and I need a bit more time. I really pushed everything out that was possible today so I have to be happy with it.\u201d<\/p> By Tim Heming Published: Sunday, 15 October 2023 at 03:53 AM Daniela Ryf prepares for the 2.4-mile swim in Kailua bay for the last time in the Ironman World Championship Five-time Ironman world champion Daniela Ryf said it would be her last\u00a0 race in Hawaii after a fifth-placed finish in the 2023 Ironman World Championship. 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