"Ironwoman Harriet Brown, ironman Matt Bevilacqua win Molokai to Oahu paddle" - The Daily Telegraph
The 51.5km race across the Channel Of Bones — the body of water between the Hawaiian Islands — has competitors battling wind, marine life, current and the worlds best paddlers.
But in an extraordinary show of power, Australian athletes filled the top seven places in the men’s prone racing with Brown, Sydney lifesaver Lizzie Welborn, young gun Maddison Spencer and reigning Nutri-Grain ironwoman champion Brielle Cooper filling the top four spots in the women’s board paddling event.