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McMahon set to defend in Arizona

By DT News Network. Brent McMahon is looking to defend his title at Ironman Arizona this weekend only four weeks since finishing ninth at his first Ironman World Championship in Kona, the Canadian two-time Olympian has been sharpening up to produce yet another fast result. He set a new course record

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Published 14 November 2015, 8:00 · Updated 21:25

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Brent McMahon is looking to defend his title at Ironman Arizona this weekend only four weeks since finishing ninth at his first Ironman World Championship in Kona, the Canadian two-time Olympian has been sharpening up to produce yet another fast result. He set a new course record in Arizona last year with the quickest Ironman debut time ever.

He says, “I had so much great training going into Kona and still feel very strong and hope to repeat what I did last year in Arizona and with any luck go sub-8 hours again.”

Luke Bell is on the starting line at Challenge Shepparton and the Australian has held the course record for that race for close to 10 years. He says, “It has been awhile since racing there, but it will be good to get back there to the Shepparton community and have a race at an event with such fond memories.”

Fredrik Croneborg and Paul Ambrose will again race together, this time on the island of Langkawi at Ironman Malaysia. Croneborg says, “I decided quite late to do the race because I did not know how I would feel and how much motivation was left after Hawaii.”

After the two athletes raced Ironman 70.3 Taiwan last week, their respective finishes in third and fifth showed they still have a good race or two left in them. Ambrose says, “My motto when I’m doing efforts in training is ‘Make the last one a good one’ so with that in mind I’ve decided to finish off my year with Ironman Malaysia.”

McMahon set to defend in Arizona

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