A participant in Saturday's IRONMAN Texas race has died during the swimming portion of the course in The Woodlands, organizers said. The swimming portion of the course took place in Lake Woodlands at Northshore Park.

Her training was intense and relentless. Most sessions took place in her home gym, with daily "stacked workouts" layered on top of her full coaching responsibilities.

The glam influencer who drowned during a Texas Ironman swim had been battling the flu – but ignored pals who begged her to pull out of the brutal endurance race, according to one friend. “She was

Witnesses said Flávia 'went under' the water's surface shortly after the swimming portion of the competition began.

Flavia was taking part in the opening 2.4-mile swim - the first stage of the gruelling 140-mile endurance race when she disappeared underwater at around 7 a.m. and did not resurface.

Mara Flávia, a 38-year-old Brazilian triathlete, documented her preparation for the Texas Ironman on Instagram two days before her demise at the event. Flávia drowned during the swimming portion of the competition held on Saturday,

AN INFLUENCER and triathlete has been found dead in a Texas lake after competing in a gruelling Ironman. Brazilian Mara Flavia Araujo, 38, disappeared in the murky waters of Lake Woodlands outside

Another simply sensational performance from the Tokyo Olympic champion as he sets new standards at full distance.