It’s the major meeting of her season: Joanna Ryter will be at the start of the Ironman World Championships on Thursday October 6 at the legendary Hawaii triathlon. The Neuchâtel triathlete will set off in the early morning from Kona beach for 4 kilometers of swimming in the Pacific Ocean, 180 kilometers of cycling in a lunar setting before finishing with a marathon run. The Ironman of Hawaii was imagined in 1978 by American Marines. Running is legendary, it is the very origin of triathlon.
Winner in 2018
Having turned professional today, Joanna Ryter had already taken part in this event in 2018. She even won in the category reserved for amateurs aged 18 to 24. She had taken 10 hours – more precisely 9h59’36” – to complete her epic.
She will rub shoulders this time with the best specialists on the planet. She also knows that she is capable of doing better. However, she avoids setting a precise objective, given the hardness of the effort, but also a very variable weather: the humidity is high, it can be very hot and the wind can also blow on the ‘ocean.
Before flying to Hawaii, Joanna Ryter had placed third in the Ironman in Italy on September 18, completing her pensum in less than 9 hours, or 8:45 ‘. /mine