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Course record broken at Ironman 2025
Kiwi Mike Phillips has claimed his third Anzco Foods Ironman New Zealand title and set a new course best time.
Swimmers take on the lake
They came from everywhere for the annual Across the Lake Swim.
Hundreds compete in river swim
Four hundred swimmers zipped down the first 3.3km of the Waikato River from the Control Gates to Hipapatua Reserve on Saturday in the 2025 Huka River Swim.