The Hawaii Ironman is no respecter of reputations and promising young gun, Luke Bell, found that to his cost in this year's race. Here, Bell looks to have the world on his shoulders as he struggles just to make it back to T2 where he retired from the race.
Photo by Rob Docherty
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Australia's Chris McCormack gets that "sub-eight hour feeling" as he crosses the line at Quelle Challenge Roth to become only seventh man in history to break the magical eight hour barrier.
Photo by Tim Moxey
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A nice start to the day. It's barely gone 7am but New Zealand's Stephen Sheldrake has already won 1500 Euros for the swim prime at Quelle Challenge Roth.
Photo by Rob Docherty
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NZ mountain bike legend Jon Hume hammers down the Rotorua trails chasing race leader, Hamish Carter, in XTERRA New Zealand. Hume eventually finished in second place.
Photo by Rob Docherty
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Chosen for the prestigious "Road to Ironman Australia" issue, Rob Docherty's photo of an ironman finisher crossing the bridge linking Forster to the twin town of Tuncurry has become one of the definitive images of the race.
Photo by Rob Docherty
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Nathan Richmond on the Mount base track at the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman. Richmond has just been dropped by Cameron Brown and now faces an 8km struggle to the finish line.
Photo by Rob Docherty
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