Overview

• Norway’s Solveig Løvseth claimed the Ironman World Championship in 8:28:27, becoming the first Norwegian woman to win the title in Kona.
• Løvseth erased a multi-minute deficit on the marathon and passed leader Taylor Knibb in the final kilometers after Knibb slowed and sat on the pavement.
• Britain’s Kat Matthews finished second, 35 seconds behind, for her third career Ironman silver, with Germany’s Laura Philipp taking third.
• Hot, humid conditions shaped the race as 2023 champion Lucy Charles-Barclay withdrew near the Energy Lab after earlier leading on the run.
• This edition was expected to be the final standalone women’s championship in Hawaii as Ironman ends the 2023–25 split and reunifies the fields from 2026.