Middle of the 112-mile Bike Leg
The triathletes now are in the 112-mile bike portion of the Ironman World Championship in Kona. The rainy weather of the early morning and swim now has made way to sun, with hot, steamy and windy conditions. The temperature was 80 degrees and rising, with feels like temperature of 87 degrees.
Around 30 miles into the bike, American Taylor Knibb, a three-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion, took the lead over Lucy Charles-Barclay, the 2023 Ironman World Champion who was first out of the water. Knibb, who was second in the swim, made up the 1:26 deficit…