Ironman announced Wednesday that Des Moines will be the newest host of a full-distance Ironman triathlon. The new full-distance Ironman triathlon will take the place of the Ironman 70.3 triathlon and be designated as the 2022 Ironman North American Championship . In October of 2019 Ironman Louisville canceled the swim portion of the triathlon because of algae blooms in the Ohio River. Let's hope that the same does not happen again.  In August of 2020 The Des Moines River was “essentially unusable” as a drinking water source for 500,000 central Iowans because of toxins from algae, leaders of the Des Moines Water Works said.

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