Canada's Peter Reid won the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon yesterday, finishing in 8 hours 24 minutes 20 seconds.
Switzerland's Natascha Badmann took the women's division in 9:24:16, about 30 minutes slower than the course record set in 1992 by the eight-time winner Paula Newby-Fraser of Zimbabwe.
Reid who finished fourth here the past two years, took the lead from Germany's Jurgen Zack about two miles into the marathon, the last of the three segments of the competition in Kailua-Kona.
Belgium's Luc Van Lierde, who set the course record of 8:04:08 in 1996, finished second in 8:31:57.
Reid finished the 2.4-mile swim in 54th place, but moved through the field and was third after the 112-mile cycling segment.