On the women's side Natascha Badmann continued her domination of this event with a finishing time of 9:09:30. Badmann overcame a four minute penalty and passed Michellie Johnson to take her sixth Ironman championship shaving off 40 minutes off last years time of 9:50:04

Badmann who came into today's race with some impressive numbers on the year with  wins at the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Triathlon with a time of 9:23:51, Florida Half Ironman Triathlon with a time of 4:23:17 and the Eagleman Half Ironman Triathlon with a time of 4:21:00. Needless to say she has come a long way from her first championship in 1995 when she won the Duathlon World Championship

Other favorites on the day that finished in the Top 10 for men and women came Cameron Brown in second followed by Peter Reid who failed to capture his third Ironman championship this weekend. Kate Major and Johanna Lawn finished in the third and fourth place for the women.

The finish by Lawn might have been the most impressive on the afternoon as she has been injured most of the season and early on thought she may not have been here today.

Today's race would have not been complete if there were not a number of big-name casualties on the day. Canada’s Lisa Bentley, who finished fourth here last year, dropped out of the race on the bike. Bentley has been battling an unknown abdominal ailment all week. On Thursday night, she went to the hospital and was advised to submit to a six-hour CAT scan to determine the exact nature of the disorder; however, Bentley opted to postpone the scan and began a cycle of antibiotics to help combat the suspected infection.

Ironman Triathlon World Championship
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
October 15, 2005
2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run