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The only thing that kept winner Adam OB次元官网网址橫eara from breaking four hours in the Half Iron for the second year in a row was his decision to stop and pick up son Max 30 metres from the finish line. Instead he finished 14 seconds over, a worthy trade on FatherB次元官网网址檚 Day.

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Lucy Smith caught Janet Nielsen (second place) in the run to finish as the top women in the Half Ironman distance with a time of 4:41:37.

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