Army

PARA To Take On Tough Hawaii Ironman

7th October 2015 at 2:22pm

The Iron Man World Championships in Hawaii is one of the toughest sporting events on the planet so it attracts top athletes from around the globe.

Among them this year will be a young British Army soldier.

Lance Corporal Chris Ashford serves with The Second Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) and has been training for the event in Cyprus.

Simon Newton went to meet him.