Lucy Charles on her Kona podium: “I did not expect to do that!”

“It was just a dream performance really!”

Great Britain’s Lucy Charles topped an already incredible 2017 season by taking second place – in a Sub-9 hour time – at the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship on Saturday in Kona. I spoke to the still only 24 year-old shortly after her brilliant day.

Interviews with Great Britain’s fastest at Kona 2017:

• Female Pro – Lucy Charles (2nd)
• Male Pro – David McNamee (3rd)
• Female Age-Grouper – Alison Rowatt (1st, F35-39)
• Male Age-Grouper – Charles Pennington (5th, M35-39)