CSB - Simon Cochrane - New World Champion.

A Kiwi athlete has won the iconic Ultraman World Championships in Kona while smashing the race record by such a margin, it might just be in the conversation for the most impressive individual sporting achievement by a New Zealander in 2023.

Simon Cochrane has blitzed the competition in Hawaii on Monday (NZT) to be crowned world champion and also lower the previous race record by an astonishing 44 minutes.