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Age Groupers Of The 2016 Ironman World Championship

Nearly 2,300 age groupers made their Kona dreams come true earlier this month.

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2016 — The bikes await the more than 2,300 athletes who will participate in the Ironman World Championship.

2016 — A thumbs up before the long day of racing.

2016 — Some calm, happy moments before race day gets underway.

2016 — The age-group men get ready to dive in for their start.

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2016 — Ready to get this day going!

2016 — The age-group men followed the pro men and pro women.

2016 — The age-group men made up the biggest start of the day.

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2016 — With so many strong swimmers competing in the same race, several athletes ended up on the bike course at the same time making for a crowded start.

2016 — American AJ Reid starts his day on the bike.

2016 — Making the way up Palani and onto the rest of the bike course.

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2016 — USA’s Gregory Taylor

2016 — Brazil’s Leonardo Mello

2016 — Brazil’s Arnaldo Laporte Junior

2016 — Mexico’s Luis Alvarez has competed in over 100 Ironman triathlons.

2016 — France’s Olivier Journaux

2016 — USA’s Rebecca Bader

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2016 — Australia’s Nathan Shearer

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2016 — Johnny Agar and his dad on the course.

2016 — Canada’s Craig Schmitt

2016 — Germany’s Frank Schreiner

2016 — Thousands of volunteers make race day on the Big Island a reality

2016 — USA’s Ellen Hart and Australia’s Trent Dawson make their way onto the Queen K.

2016 — A little smile on the marathon

2016 — On the way back toward town (and the finish line!)

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2016 — Estonia’s Marek Antoniak

2016 — USA’s Jeff Sturd

2016 — Japan’s Takeshi Tanaka

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2016 — Canada’s Nicole Walker

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2016 — Ireland’s Owen Martin

2016 — Mexico’s Raynard Picard

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2016 — Great Britain’s Graham Baxter

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2016 — USA’s Brian Schaning

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2016 — Athletes compete at the 2016 Ironman World Championship. Photo: Competitive Image

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2016 — USA’s Michael Kloosterman

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2016 — Australia’s Marcello Mazza

2016 — Germany’s Klaus Rohracker

2016 — Germany’s Andreas Aschenbrenner

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2016 — Spain’s Fernando Barahona De Andres

Photographer Paul Phillips (@compimagephoto) captured these images of some of the 2,300 age groupers who competed at the Ironman World Championship on Oct. 8.

All photos: Paul Phillips/Competitive Image

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