October 11, 2025, 5:32 PM HST
An overnight rain gave a muggy, overcast start to this year’s Women’s Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona on Saturday.
Approximately 1,600 triathletes competing from around the world took to the grueling 140.6-mile course. Waters in Kailua Bay were slightly choppy, highlighted pink as the sun rose over Hualālai.
Pros Lucy Charles-Barclay of Great Britain and American Taylor Knibb were neck and neck throughout the race, with the women leapfrogging over each other during the 112-mile bike course and into the 26.2-mile run. However, Charles-Barclay and Knibb tapped out of the race in the final leg, paving the way for Norway’s Solveig Løvseth to capture the top podium spot.
Check out images of the day in the gallery below.
Women take off on the first leg of the Ironman World Championship race in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Swimmers line up by age group for the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Lucy Charles-Barclay runs to her bicycle after being first to finish the swim during the Ironman World Championship on Oct. 11, 2025, in Kailua-Kona. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Pros head up Palani Road onto the bike course after finishing the swim on Oct. 11, 2025, in Kailua-Kona during the Ironman World Championship. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
USA’s Taylor Knibb finishes the 112-mile bike ride in 4:31:00 during the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay finishes the 112-mile bike course in 4:33:58 during the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
USA’s Taylor Knibb takes off on her run after a 4:31:00 bike ride in the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay takes off on her run after a 4:33:58 bike ride in the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay takes off on her run after a 4:33:58 bike ride in the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Solveig Løvseth of Norway captures the top podium during the Women’s Ironman World Championship on Oct. 11, 2025, in Kailua-Kona. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Germany’s Laura Philipp captures the third podium spot at the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Triathletes run up Palani Road after transitioning from the bike course during the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Crowds at the Ironman World Championship finish line in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025, cried out after watching American Taylor Knibb collapse on the big screen two miles from the Ironman World Championship finish line. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Norway’s Solveig Løvseth embraces Kat Matthews of Great Britain after she arrived at the Ironman World Championship finish line in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
Women’s 2025 Ironman World Championship winners from left to right: Laura Philipp of Germany placed third, Solveig Løvseth of Norway took first and Kat Mathews of Great Britain captured second.
Norway’s Solveig Løvseth embraces Laura Philipp of Germany at the finish line of the Ironman World Championship in Kona on Oct. 11, 2025. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)
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