Overview

• Løvseth captured the title in 8:28:27, finishing 35 seconds ahead of Britain’s Kat Matthews, with Germany’s Laura Philipp third at a nine‑minute deficit.
• American Taylor Knibb, who led off the bike, and 2023 Hawaii winner Lucy Charles‑Barclay both withdrew on the marathon as the heat overwhelmed them, with Knibb stopping about three kilometers from the finish.
• Philipp trailed by about 6.5 minutes after the swim and by more than 14 minutes after the bike, then managed the conditions to move into bronze late.
• This was the final women‑only world championship in Hawaii, with a combined men’s and women’s race set to return to the Big Island in 2026.
• Germany’s Anne Reischmann disclosed she was about 13 weeks pregnant and started with adjusted goals, joining a field of 58 professionals and roughly 1,500 age‑group athletes.