Hundreds of triathletes will swim, ride and run more than 226 kilometres through the Hastings today. It's called 2015 Toyota Ironman Australia.
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What the men's professional top three had to say
► FIRST Paul Ambrose, 30, Sydney in 08:35.52
“I was on the back foot. I was isolated at the start. I was by myself basically all day. I just kept to my own race plan and tried to stay strong, and eventually picked them up along the way, a bit further into the race. I was surprised to have a bit of a margin off the bike.”
► SECOND Luke Bell, 36, Melbourne in 08:38.33
“Credit to Ambrose. Over all the years, I know he’s a tough racer. He can turn himself inside out and upside down. He took the bull by the horns and went for it It’s such a good race. The support out there’s amazing.”
►THIRD Brian Fuller, 33, Gold Coast in 08:49.38
“I didn’t have a good swim. I kept getting hit by all the logs in the water. I rode pretty solid. Nick Baldwin and Peter Robertson decided to put the hammer down on the second lap and I just let them go. In the end it paid off because I kept going and they both blew up.”
►►FIRST local home: Shaun Smith was the first Port Macquarie local to cross the line in Sunday's Toyota Ironman Australia on his home circuit. Smith finished with a time of nine hours, 56 minutes and was thrilled.
It started with a great swim, but then he nearly went too hard on the bike and brought himself undone. Smith came 13th in the 40-44 category, and put his great race down to his wife Fiona and children Georgia and Ella.
"They're my rock," he said. "They got me through the tough days."
What the women's professional top three had to say
► FIRST Michelle Bremer in 9:38:23
It was a huge tussle between the three top female finishers on the run leg. Bremer said she felt she was home at about the 26-kilometre mark on the run. "I started to celebrate within myself at that point."
► SECOND Jess Fleming in 9:42:17 3
"I was swimming by myself for most of the swim leg which made it more of a mental battle."
► THIRD MichelleGailey in 9:50:50
"Port Macquarie is definitely a special place for me and I really wanted to do well and I thought I did."
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