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- - This marks the 11th Ironman UK event to run in Bolton
- - Almost 2,000 super fit men and women are taking part in today's race
- - Triathlon gets underway at 6am with a 2.4 mile swim at Pennington Flash, before athletes get on their bikes for a 112 mile bike ride across Lancashire countryside ending with a marathon.
- - Competitors have now completed the swim
- - Race leaders are approximately half way through the bike ride
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