Jan Frodeno wins Ironman World Championship

    Jan Frodeno became the first Olympic champion to win the Ironman World Championship with a dominating triumph in Hawaii. Advertisement The German, who had already won the Ironman European title in Frankfurt in July and the World 70.3 crown in August, confirmed his status as the best long-distance triathlete in the world by posting a…

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      UK troops sent to Africa’s jihadist belt to fight extremism and migration in British ‘pivot to Sahel’

      The French military vehicle broke down in the unforgiving desert of northern Mali, 80 miles from the nearest base. Jihadists, bandits and armed villagers all criss-cross the arid plains, and attacks targeting French counter-terrorism forces are common. This time, however, following a commitment made by Prime Minister Theresa May to President Emmanuel Macron in January,…

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