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<\/a>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\nThe Ironman California triathlon brought more than 3,500 athletes to Sacramento, starting with a 2.4-mile downriver swim and ending with a marathon in front of the California State Capitol. <\/p>\n
The event began with a cannon blast at 7 a.m., signaling the start of the swim. Every five seconds, four athletes entered the water, guided by volunteers. <\/p>\n
“You’re ready? You’re ready? Get it!” one volunteer said. <\/p>\n
It took a little over an hour for all participants to enter the water, swimming through the Sacramento and American Rivers to reach the next leg of the race. <\/p>\n
Music and volunteers welcomed athletes at the bike transition, where some were fortunate to find loved ones cheering them on. <\/p>\n
| MORE | Ironman California guide: Where to watch, traffic impacts and the race forecast<\/a><\/p>\n The bike portion, the longest leg of the triathlon, covers 112 miles through scenic farm, delta, and wine country. <\/p>\n The final leg is a 26.2-mile marathon along river trails, ending at the finish line in front of California’s State Capitol. <\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ironman California triathlon began in Sacramento with a swim, bike ride, and marathon, drawing thousands of athletes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,6948,8713,37743,23615,15722,6942,10259,330,2211,8711,121,123,122,193969,669,933,2734,193968,1597,646],"class_list":["post-500462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-athlete","tag-california-state-capitol","tag-cycling","tag-download","tag-front","tag-ironman-california","tag-marathon","tag-music","tag-race","tag-running","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-scenic-farm","tag-subscribe","tag-swimming","tag-top-california-story","tag-triathalon","tag-volunteer","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}