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Championship. "6" is for the six times he won the Ironman. 21 stands for his two season run of 21 straight victories, along the way defeating every one of the top 50
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1736:Javier Gómez
1722:Javier Gómez
1681:Javier Gómez
1655:Javier Gómez
1642:Daniel Unger
1536:Dmitriy Gaag
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1121:Scott Molina
1105:Scott Tinley
1081:Scott Tinley
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1891:1958 births
1847:Léo Bergère
1329:Sam Laidlow
1321:Gustav Iden
1305:Jan Frodeno
1289:Jan Frodeno
1265:Pete Jacobs
1073:John Howard
884:nytimes.com
858:nytimes.com
748:stuff.co.nz
256:Men's race
239:Men's race
222:Men's race
205:Men's race
188:Men's race
171:Men's race
154:Men's race
137:Men's race
120:Men's race
94:Individual
1885:Categories
1793:Mario Mola
1779:Mario Mola
1766:Mario Mola
1415:Greg Welch
1402:Mark Allen
1201:Peter Reid
1193:Tim DeBoom
1185:Peter Reid
1169:Peter Reid
1145:Mark Allen
1137:Greg Welch
1129:Mark Allen
1113:Dave Scott
1097:Dave Scott
1091:(Oct 1982)
1089:Dave Scott
1083:(Feb 1982)
1065:Dave Scott
1057:Tom Warren
717:nst.com.my
670:References
318:Triathlete
299:Dave Scott
263:Mark Allen
34:Mark Allen
1575:Iván Raña
1299:(2017–18)
1291:(2015–16)
1243:(2008–09)
1195:(2001–02)
1131:(1989-93)
1115:(1986–87)
1099:(1983–84)
1001:Interview
348:POSITION
277:Education
47:triathlon
380:2:42:09
377:4:46:35
1872:(women)
1629:Tim Don
1342:(women)
972:May 30,
946:May 30,
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459:8:18:32
434:8:09:08
409:8:07:46
384:8:20:34
360:RESULT
335:Results
322:Outside
310:Olympic
306:Ironman
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1283:(2014)
1275:(2013)
1267:(2012)
1259:(2011)
1251:(2010)
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1163:(1997)
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1107:(1985)
1075:(1981)
1067:(1980)
1059:(1979)
1051:(1978)
936:ap.com
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374:51:50
293:Career
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45:Men's
640:1982
615:1983
590:1984
565:1986
540:1987
515:1988
490:1989
465:1990
440:1991
415:1992
390:1993
365:1995
354:BIKE
351:SWIM
345:RACE
342:YEAR
252:1983
235:1986
218:1987
201:1989
184:1990
167:1991
150:1992
133:1993
116:1995
974:2010
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357:RUN
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