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Nearly 1 000 athletes will take to the water on Sunday, starting with a 3.8km swim, 180.2km bike and 42.2km run. All to conquer the African Ironman crown.

But the fans of the Ironman Africa Championships will be disappointed to learn that one of the main stars of this year’s competition has had to withdraw due to injury.

“Preparations are so well in place. We are happy to be back here at Hobbie Beach, previous we had to use king’s beach it’s good to be back at the original place where it started 18 years ago at Hobbie Beach. It’s really exciting to be back.” “It’s unfortunate that Karl is not here this year we had a good battle last year. We will be strong, there are a lot of other guys who are strong and willing to work hard. There are a lot of good guys who did well previously.”

 

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