britain's lucy charles—barclay set a new course record as she won the ironman world championship in hawaiijust the third briton to win the ironman world championship after leanda cave and chrissie wellington. the 30—year—old is also the first woman to lead the event from start to finish. charles—barclay finished just over three minutes ahead of germany's anne haug. it feels incredible to be world champion, especially after the journey i have had, i have been second here four times, that was backin second here four times, that was back in 2017, we lost championships here because of the pandemic and in that time i have also had two pretty bad injuries, so to come back from that and finally get the win just feels like a dream come true and it really does feel like i have dedicated my career to try to win this race. ., , ., ., ., this race. you must have gone into the race this _ this race. you must have gone into the race this weekend _ this race. you must have gone into the race this weekend feeling - this race. you must have gone intoj the race this weekend feeling good physically, how did

britain's lucy charles—barclay set a new course record, as she won the ironman world championship forriton to win the world championship, and told me earlier how it feels to finally be crowned world champion. it feels incredible to be world champion, especially after thejourney i have had. i have been second here four times, that was back in 2017, we lost two world championships here, because of the pandemic and in that time i have also had two pretty bad injuries, so to come back from that and finally get the win, itjust feels like an absolute dream come true and it really does feel like i have dedicated my career to try to win this race. you must have gone into the race this weekend feeling good, physically, how did it feel as you were going round the course, did you know at the time you were on course to win, did it feel good? from the moment the gun went, i felt great, i had a very strong swim, that's where my background is, i used to be an elite—level swimmer, so i had a solid start, i had about 90 seconds on the next group of women out of the water so the perfect start, got onto

britain's lucy charles—barclay set a new course record as she won the ironman world championship in hawaiihe third briton to win the ironman world championship after leanda cave and chrissie wellington. the 30—year—old is also the first woman to lead the event from start to finish. charles—barclay finished just over three minutes ahead of germany's anne haug. in running up to that finish line, i've done it five times, and four times before i was second, so i didn't get to grab that tape, so i feel like this time i was running up to the line and i did not even slow down. all i was focusing on was getting the tape and it was amazing to do it. and finally have a look at this. texas rangers slugger adolis garcia shows off his acrobatic skills and does a cartwheel after being hit by a pitch in game 2 of the alcs. garcia went on to help the rangers to beat the astros 5—4, taking a 2—0 series lead. and that's all the sport for now. hello, and welcome to your questions answered on bbc news. the conflict in israel and gaza is of course complicated, and you've been turning to the internet to ask que