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Posted: Monday, October 15th, 2012 9:09 AM HST

Pete Jacobs wins Ironman world championship

By Associated Press

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Australia's Pete Jacobs won the Ironman world championship Saturday, beating Germany's Andreas Raelert by more than 4 minutes. The 31-year-old Jacobs, second last year, finished the 2.4-mile ocean swim in Kailua Bay, 112-mile bike ride through the scorching lava fields along the Kohala Coast and 26.2-mile run through Kailua Village and out onto Queen Kaahumanu Highway in 8 hours, 18 minutes, 37 seconds. In the women's race, Britain's Leanda Cave pulled away in the last 3 miles of the run to win her second world title of the year. The 34-year-old Cave won the Ironman 70.3 world championship last month and carried that momentum into Kona, finishing in 9:15:54. Switzerland's Caroline Steffen was second in 9:16:58.