2023 Ironman World Championship: Finish

Women's Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barklay celebrates her win. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

Women's Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barklay celebrates her win. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

Women's Ironman World Champion Lucy Charles-Barklay celebrates her win. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

Anne Haug is the second finisher at the Women's Ironman World Championship. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

Ironman Women's World Champion Lucy Charles-Barklay hugs second place finisher Anne Haug. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

Third place finisher Laura Philipp crosses the finish line at the Ironman Women's World Championship. (LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

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(CONOR LANGS/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

(CONOR LANGS/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

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(CONOR LANGS/WEST HAWAII TODAY)

This past Saturday, Kailua-Kona hosted its first-ever women’s-only VinFast Ironman World Championship. Thousands gathered in the downtown area to watch some of the top female athletes in the world embark on the 140.6-mile journey through swimming, biking and running on the west side of the island. Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay won her first world championship with a time of 08:26:18. (LAURA RUMINSKI and CONOR LANGS/WEST HAWAII TODAY)