Overview
- Both leaders finished within the 8.5-hour cutoff, with Tejasvi Surya clocking 7:49:06 and K. Annamalai timing 8:13:55.
- The fifth edition at Miramar Beach drew about 1,300 athletes from 31 countries, and 805 completed the course within the time limit.
- The Ironman 70.3 format featured a 1.9 km open-water swim, a 90 km cycling leg and a 21.1 km run under tropical conditions.
- Uzbekistan’s Konstantin Belousov won the men’s elite title in 4:25:47, and the UK’s Ellie Garrett took the women’s crown in 4:58:32.
- Surya recorded a second consecutive finish, while first-time entrant Annamalai described the race as a test of endurance and mindset in his post-race messages.