Ironman 70.3 Panama Preview

The inaugural Ironman 70.3 Panama, which will also serve as the Ironman 70.3 Latin American Pro Championship, gets going this coming Sunday February 12.

Athletes will swim 1.9 km in the Pacific Ocean at the entrance to the Panama Canal, then bike 90 km, featuring a crossing of the Bridge of the Americas connecting Central and South America on the way to the Pan-American Highway, and finish with a 21 km run through the Amador Causeway.

One look at the men and women’s professional start list will tell you that we are in store for some great racing on Sunday. Canada’s Tenille Hoogland, Angela Naeth and Magali Tisseyre are on the start list. Check out the rest of the pro list below:

Pro Men

Paul Amey GBR

Lance Armstrong USA

Santiago Ascenco BRA

Damon Barnett USA

Bertrand Billard FRA

Greg Close USA

Balazs Csoke HUN

Richie Cunningham AUS

Andres Darricau ARG

Bevan  Docherty NZL

Oscar Galindez BRA

Romain Guillaume FRA

Rasmus Henning DEN

Bert Jammaer BEL

Teemu Kyllonen FIN

Chris Lieto USA

Andrey Lyatskiy RUS

Guilherme Manocchio BRA

Ezequiel Morales ARG

Matty Reed USA

Kevin Taddonio USA

Jesse Thomas USA

TJ Tollakson USA

Ivan Vasilyev RUS

Pro Women

Angela Axmann USA

Natascha Badmann SUI

Alessandra Carvalho BRA

Valentina Carvallo CHL

Leanda Cave GBR

Jessica Chong USA

Haley Cooper-Scott USA

Tine Deckers BEL

Sofie Goos BEL

Jacqui Gordon USA

Dede Griesbauer  USA

Tenille Hoogland CAN

Fernanda Keller BRA

Nina Kraft GER

Eva Ledesma ITA

Angela Naeth CAN

Margaret Shapiro USA

Magali Tisseyre CAN

Yvonne van Vlerken NLD

Michelle Vesterby DEN

Radka Vodickova CZE

Bree Wee USA

Kelly Williamson USA