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This past Saturday, Kailua-Kona hosted its first-ever women’s-only VinFast Ironman World Championship. Thousands gathered in the downtown area to watch some of the top female athletes in the world embark on the 140.6-mile journey through swimming, biking and running on the west side of the island. Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay won her first world championship with a time of 08:26:18. (CONOR LANGS/WEST HAWAII TODAY)