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It was a record-breaking day for both New Zealand’s Cameron Brown and the United States’ Meredith Kessler. For Brown, he extended his record as the oldest man to win an Ironman (43), became the first professional man to win the same Ironman 12 times and broke the course record. Kessler also had a stellar race, earning her fifth-straight victory in Taupo and again breaking her own course record.
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