Editor's Note: Miranda Carfrae crossed the finishline of Ironman New Zealand three minutes and nine seconds behind Samath Warriner this weekend. During the race she also suffered two flat tires. Our Aussie friend Phil Wrochna from firstoffthebike.com sent us this story and series of photos that shows exactly what happened to the Ironman World Champ on the wet Kiwi IM course.
Mirinda Carfrae was humming along the road in the wet at Ironman New Zealand when boom! it all went South for the World Champion. In her true character Mirinda stayed calm and got on with the job of racing. Until then though we took the chance and took some snaps of her plight.
Never a good sign when your bike looks like this mid race
World Champ Mirinda .. well under the speed limit
This says a lot about how calm Mirinda was during this..
Someone needed a hug!
Looking promising...
Signs of life....
The chase begins....
Sequence: Campbell Maffett. Thanks to Mirinda for being a great sport about our paparazzi effort.
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