something you can do, no one can take that from you. sports can help you out and boost your confidence. hawai i island is home to one of the world s great endurance races, the ironman world championship. cheering and applause every year, thousands of athletes line up to face triathlon s ultimate test a 2.4 mile swim, ii2 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run battling the elements, the clock and themselves. it s a race that s not for the faint hearted. in 2022, sam holness started and completed his first kona ironman. he crossed the line in a little over 13 hours, almost five after winner thomas fruhwirth. while sam, perhaps, wasn t breaking race records, he was, in fact, shattering barriers. in completing kona s notoriously difficult course, sam became the first openly neurodivergent athlete to do so a feat recognised by guinness world records. wow. check it out. my guinness world record book. and wow, that s me, who ran the ironman world championships in kona, hawaii. i am so
you need to feel good about yourself and if there s something you can do, no one can take that from you. sports can help you out and boost your confidence. hawai i island is home to one of the world s great endurance races, the ironman world championship. cheering and applause every year, thousands of athletes line up to face triathlon s ultimate test a 2.4 mile swim, ii2 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run battling the elements, the clock and themselves. it s a race that s not for the faint hearted. in 2022, sam holness started and completed his first kona ironman. he crossed the line in a little over 13 hours, almost five after winner thomas fruhwirth. while sam, perhaps, wasn t breaking race records, he was, in fact, shattering barriers. in completing kona s notoriously difficult course, sam became the first openly neurodivergent athlete to do so a feat recognised by guinness world records. wow. check it out. my guinness world record book. and wow, that s me, who ran the i
hello and welcome to sportsday. the pain continues for england at the cricket world cup, their latest loss at the hands of india, who remain unbeaten. erling haaland steals the show as city beat rivals united in the manchester derby. and football pays its tributes to those we have lost this in the past week. welcome along to the programme. lots to bring you on a busy sunday of sport, we ll start at the men s cricket world cup, where england again suffered a heavy defeat, this time a ioo run loss at the hands of hosts india. it s their fifth loss in a row, and the defending champions are all but mathematically out of the tournament. while india, who have made it six wins from six, sit top of the table. katie gornall has this report. this was meant to be the big one, the defending champions against the hosts come accurate but such has been england s to mice in recent weeks, their tournament felt all but over before the game began. because they turn it around? signs were surpris
Last year Sam Holness became the first openly autistic endurance athlete to finish the Ironman World Championship ultra triathlon that was held in Hawaii. The 29-year-old from London entered the Guinness Books of Records after completing the 140.6 mile race in just over 13 hours.