Kona 2017: Post-race with Lionel Sanders

Shortly after finishing second at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, we got the post-race thoughts of Canada's Lionel Sanders

By John Levison

Chief Correspondent

Last updated -

7 Jan 2023

Canada’s Lionel Sanders was leading the IRONMAN World Championship until the 23 mile mark of the run, before Germany’s record-breaking Patrick Lange ran past en-route to a new Kona course record.

Two days before the race Lionel Sanders told me he was looking forward to a war – he got one, and he wouldn’t change it for anything; “I loved the battle”.

Written by

John Levison

TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.

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