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Press Release Dane Bakkegard sets new IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai mark while Swiss ace Ryf takes women's crown Daniela Ryf, winner of the Dubai women's title in 2016 and 2017, made a triumphant return to competition on Friday with a blistering run on the streets of Jumeirah to pip 2020 champion Imogen Simmonds for the IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai women's title. Denmark's Daniel Bakkegard took the men's crown in the season-opening IRONMAN 70.3 race, which is organized under the aegis of Dubai Sports Council, with a time of three hours, 33 minutes and 2 seconds to break the previous IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai record of Jan Frodeno (03:34:48 set in 2016). Portugal's Filipe Azevedo finished second, while Sweden's Rasmus Svenningsson, the 2018 IRONMAN 25-29 Age Group World Champion, came in third. Winner...