All news on the topic: Ironman

Other big fundraising money-makers included sponsored football events and skydives - as well as skipping, which saw the biggest surge in popularity

The 30-year-old was crowned world champion in Hawai'i last weekend after finishing second on the previous four occasions. In an exclusive interview she opens up on the psychological toll of near misses, her remarkable training and running 25 miles of the marathon with an injury

The young lad had just begun fundraising for the prosthetic when his story caught the eye of a benevolent businessman who offered to cover the entire £13,000 cost

The tragic incidents occurred on Sunday as both men found themselves in difficulties in the swimming portion of the event - they were pronounced dead at the scene

The men, one aged in his 40s and the other in his 60s, were pulled from the water by emergency services before being pronounced dead by medical personnel at the international Ironman event in Youghal, Co Cork

Sam Holness didn't learn to ride a bike until the age of 14, but is competing with neurotypical rivals in elite competition in some of the toughest endurance races around

Brit Kat Matthews was 10 days out from competing at the Ironman World Championships last year when she collided with a car while riding her bike on a training ride