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In a day filled with record-breaking performances, Steve Larsen of Davis, Calif., put on an amazing display of athletic ability to win the third annual Isuzu Ironman USA Lake Placid triathlon held in and around Lake Placid, N.Y on Sunday.

Ideal race conditions saw new course records in all categories (swim, bike, run, overall) except the women's bike.

Larsen smashed both the bike course record (4:33:23) and the course record (8:33:11) to post his first-ever Ironman victory. What makes Larsen's victory even more impressive is the fact that it was the first Ironman event of his career, and only the third triathlon of any length that he has competed in.

Larsen, a two-time NORBA Cross Country Mountain Biking Champion, came out of the water in 132nd place overall, but quickly hammered his way through the field to take control of the race on the bike taking a 15-minute lead out on the marathon portion of the event.

U.S. Olympian Ryan Bolton (Boulder, Colo.), also competing in his first Ironman, made up ground on Larsen with a record- setting run (2:49:52), but couldn't catch him, settling for second place in his Ironman debut.

Cameron Widoff (Boulder, Colo.), last year's champion, finished third (8:55:07), with Austria's Norbert Domnik was fourth (8:56:50) and Hiedya Miyazuka of Japan finished fifth (9:05:49). The women's race also saw records fall, as Canada's Heather Fuhr won the Isuzu Ironman USA Lake Placid for the second time. The win gives Fuhr 11 Ironman titles in her career, second most in history behind Paula Newby-Fraser (22).

Fuhr's overall time of 9:31:11 bettered the old mark by more than 14 minutes, while her run time of 3:01:28 bettered her own mark of 1999 by 10 minutes.

It wasn't easy for Fuhr by any means, as 2000 U.S. Olympian Joanna Zeiger (Baltimore, Md.) controlled the event from the start, posting a blistering swim post of 47:22, more than four minutes faster than any other female. Zeiger, who finished fourth in triathlon at Sydney, continued to lead throughout the bike and much of the run, before Fuhr was able to track her down on the run.

Laura Drake of Atlanta, Ga. finished third (9:51:56), with Andrea Fisher of Austin, Texas, was fourth (10:01:59) and Lauren Maule of Arlington, Texas (10:09:08) was fifth. The day not only saw course records fall, but a record number of athletes as 1,810 athletes competed on the day, the most in the history of Ironman for a single-wave event. The former record was 1,785.

Isuzu Ironman USA Lake Placid is one of only three Ironman events being held in the continental United States, and is one of only 17 Ironman events around the world. Athletes are competing for $50,000 in prize money and 100 qualifying spots to the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.