美国选手泰勒·尼布夺得夏威夷铁人三项女子世锦赛冠军
在 10 月 10 日于夏威夷科纳（Kona）举行的铁人三项女子世锦赛（Ironman World Championship）上，28 岁的美国选手泰勒·尼布（Taylor Knibb）以 8 小时 36 分 29 秒的成绩夺冠，打破了自 2022 年以来无美国选手问鼎该项目女子冠军的纪录。
比赛最后阶段上演戏剧性一幕：卫冕冠军、挪威选手索尔维格·洛夫塞斯（Solveig Løvseth）在领先近 1 分 30 秒的情况下，距终点不足 1 英里时身体摇晃、两度摔倒在地，尽管两次重新站起，第三次倒地后被多名选手超越，最终仅获第八名。尼布抓住机会反超——一年前她也曾在类似情形下被洛夫塞斯后来居上，错失冠军。
尼布的分段成绩为游泳 2.4 英里 52 分 55 秒、自行车 112 英里 4 小时 40 分 07 秒、马拉松 26.2 英里 2 小时 57 分 46 秒。她也成为历史上第三位在同一年包揽铁人三项世锦赛和 70.3 世锦赛（Ironman 70.3 World Championship）冠军的女子选手。
American Taylor Knibb Wins Women's Ironman World Championship in Hawaii
American Taylor Knibb, 28, won the women's Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, on October 10 in 8 hours, 36 minutes, 29 seconds, ending a drought for U.S. women at the event dating back to 2022.
The race delivered late drama: defending champion Solveig Løvseth of Norway, leading by nearly 90 seconds, began to wobble with less than a mile to go and fell twice; after getting back up both times, she went down a third time and was passed by several athletes, finishing eighth. Knibb seized the moment — one year after Løvseth had overtaken her in similar circumstances to deny her the title.
Knibb's splits were 52:55 for the 2.4-mile swim, 4:40:07 for the 112-mile bike, and 2:57:46 for the 26.2-mile marathon. She becomes just the third woman in history to win both the Ironman World Championship and the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in the same year.
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