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01 Jul '12, 2pm

Al-Sultan, Corbin Overcome Heat To Take Ironman Austria Titles: Athletes were slowed today by hot conditions wit...

Hungary’s Adam Molnar kicked off the action for the men, exiting the water in 50:49. Great Britain’s Philip Graves, Al-Sultan and a few others followed not far behind. A few of the pre-race favorites, including Great Britain’s Tom Lowe and Germay’s Michael Goehner, came into T1 well behind the leaders and would struggle to make up that time throughout the race. As he often does, Graves set a fiery pace on the bike and worked to build a big lead. He maintained a gap of around two minutes over Al-Sultan throughout almost the entire bike ride. The hard effort proved to be too much, and as bike turned to run Graves quickly faded and eventually dropped out. Al-Sultan quickly took the top spot on the marathon and never looked back. His 50:57 swim, 4:25:38 bike and 2:50:38 run easily earned him the victory in 8:11:31. Italy’s Daniel Fontana finished second, with Portugal’s Pedro ...

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It was a miserably hot day at Ironman Austria, but ultimately Faris Al-Sultan & @LinseyCorbin came out on top. Photos:

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Wow, it's hot out there. Watch out for signs of heat stroke and stay hydrated!

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healthychild.org 01 Jul '12, 3pm

I can tell you from first hand experience – heat stroke is no joke . I suffered through heat exhaustion (the precursor to ...