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Patrick Lange, the victory, the record

Top1 of the nations

for Germany

atrick Lange wins the title of IM world champion. A victory and
a record in 8:01:40 which also allows Germany to become the
Pnumber one nation in terms of IM world champion titles, 8 more
than the USA and Australia (7 titles each). Germany is definitely the
strongest nation in the sports. Germany has managed to keep the title
since 2014 with the victory of Kienle and Frodeno who followed him the
next two years (2015 and 2016). Last year, the podium in Kona was even
a 100% German.

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