The Latest Breaking News from Ironman

After being diagnosed with MS, paramedic Prue Young has a new attitude towards sport - and will race the Ironman world champs in Kona on Saturday, hoping to encourage others, Angela Walker writes.

After a string of false starts, champion Kiwi triathlete Dr Hannah Berry will finally race in the Ironman world champs in Kona. But she tells Suzanne McFadden about the stressful injury that put a stick in her spokes.  

Man, 51, fell ill during race and later died at a hospital

Competitors Brendan Wall and Ivan Chittenden died in the event which took place off the Co Cork coast.

Alappuzha dentist Rupesh S. wins 2nd Ironman title in Kalmar, Sweden. He completed 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycling, 26.22-mile run in 14:34:18, beating 16-hr time limit. He won 1st Ironman title in Estonia last year & completed Ironman 70.3 in Indonesia & Dubai. He became athlete at 34 & trains 6…

A funeral has been held for Brendan Wall, who was one of two men who lost their lives in the Ironman event in Youghal, Co Cork on Sunday.

The governing body for triathlons in Ireland said it did not sanction the Ironman event in which two men died.

Ivan Chittenden and Brendan Wall were competing in event that Triathlon Ireland did not sanction owing to bad weather

The two men tragically died during the swimming segment of the contest in Co Cork

It comes as Storm Betty battered Ireland with strong winds and heavy downpours this weekend

Jack Smith, the US special counsel who on Tuesday filed a second federal criminal indictment against Donald Trump, is an Ironman-racing, Harvard grad with a reputation for winning tough cases against war criminals, mobsters and crooked cops.