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Waterman’s restaurant owner Jeff Bellandi won his second consecutive Hermosa Beach Fourth of July Ironman competition in a time of 19 minutes, 32 seconds, narrowly edging out Chris Smith. Multiple time Ironman winner Chris Brown finished third. Annie Seawright won the woman’s division, also for the second consecutive year. Several hundred competitors, cheered on by a similar number of supporters, competed in the event, which requires running a mile, paddling a mile and chugging a six pack of beer, without upchucking. Following the event, organizers quickly cleared the beach of empty beer cans and other trash.
