Des Moines in Central Iowa played host to the 2022 Certified Piedmontese Beef IRONMAN North American Championship Des Moines triathlon on Sunday, June 12.
Over 1,000 athletes, including professionals and age-group athletes took on the streets of Des Moines for the first full-distance IRONMAN triathlon hosted in Iowa’s capital city.
The event saw Matt Hanson (USA), who hails from Storm Lake, Iowa, take the overall victory and earn his fourth North American Championship title with a finishing time of 7:56:48. In the women’s pro race, it was Utah’s Skye Moench (USA) who topped the podium with a dominating performance and a time of 8:51:44, over 20 minutes ahead of the competition.
The event offered 60 age-group qualifying slots to the 2022 Supersapiens IRONMAN World Championship taking place in Kailua-Kona Hawai`i on Oct. 6 & 8, 2022.
