Sarah True bikes and runs her way the win at swim-less Ironman Canada
Two-time Olympian takes fourth Ironman title despite swim cancellation

As a two-time Olympian (not to mention an Ironman European Champion and fourth-place finisher in Kona), American Sarah True (pictured above competing at Ironman Mont-Tremblant in 2019) is no slouch when it comes to the swim at a triathlon, but she had no issues in taking Ironman Canada today after the swim was cancelled, overcoming a 2:26 deficit after the bike to easily take her fourth Ironman title.
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The athletes were sent off in a time trial format, and while True, fellow American Jodie Robertson and Canadian Deborah Eckhouse traded the lead through the first 24 km of the bike, but a third of the way through the 180 km course it was Robertson who was starting to pull clear of the rest of the field. By the time they hit T2, Robertson was 2:26 ahead of True, with Eckhouse at 4:48, Canadian Danielle Fauteux at 5:33 and the ageless Melanie McQuaid (the 51-year-old became the oldest woman to qualify for Kona as a professional last year) at 10:15, with the newly crowned Ultraman world-record holder Jen Annett at 10:26.
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By 5 km into the marathon True was in front, 1:14 up on Robertson, and the lead would only grow. True was the only woman to post a sub-three hour marathon (2:57:53), which got her to the line in 7:52:29. Robertson (7:59:38) would take second, with Eckhouse (8:04:19) rounding out the podium, Fauteaux (8:09:27) would take fourth, while Annett would manage an impressive fifth-place finish just a few weeks after her big win at Ultraman Canada. (McQuaid finished 11th.)