By Elizabeth Pitts West Hawaii Today epitts@westhawaiitoday.com
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Kailua-Kona’s biggest sporting event — the Ironman World Championship — to be postponed until 2021, an economic hit for Hawaii Island, which depends on the race bringing in thousands of visitors every year in the month of October.

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