Ironman: Top seeding for Lawn

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Six-time champion Joanna Lawn has received the top women's seeding for next month's Ironman New Zealand in Taupo on March 7.

Aucklander Lawn, the first person to win the same Ironman event six times in succession, faces a contingent of proven international talent although Gina Ferguson of Christchurch is expected to provide her sternest test. Japan's Emi Shiono, third last year, is the second seed ahead of Scottish triathlete Bella Bayliss (nee Comerford), a six-time Ironman winner, who was fourth last year.