Norway’s Solveig Lovseth Wins 1st Ironman World Championship Title
Norway’s Solveig Lovseth made the most of her first Ironman World Championship race, rallying from behind to win her first world title in Saturday’s race in Kona.
Lovseth, 26, finished with a time of 8:28:27, coming from behind to beat Kat Matthews from the United Kingdom by 35 seconds. Matthews finished second with a time of 8:29:02 and Germany’s Laura Philipp was third at 8:37:28.
Lovseth has been competing in Ironman events for less than two years and was in just her third race at the full 140.6-mile distance, won her second straight full-distance Ironman after winning the Athletic Brewing Ironman Lake Placid event on July 20 with a time of 8:43:29.
Author summary: Solveig Lovseth wins first Ironman title.