ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage triathlete Samantha Skold showed up and showed out at the 2025 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The 31-year-old earned a top finish in her division (30-34 years old) and first overall for amateur athletes.
Skold, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) as an Air Force captain, finished the Ironman World Championship in 9 hours, 34 minutes, and 59 seconds, earning her 33rd place out of 1,673 women overall.
“Last year at the World Championships, I placed fourth, and that’s kind of when I got the idea like, ‘oh, wow, I actually am pretty good at an amateur level worldwide,’ and I’m really excited to see what happens the next season,” she recalled…