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Ironman Canada goes Sunday

Defending Champions are back for the 29th race in Penticton.

A competitive professional field has assembled in Penticton, British Columbia for the 29th running of Ironman Canada.

Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) and Meredith Kessler are both back to defend their titles and they will face stiff resistance in the attempt to retain those titles.

On addition to the return of many of last year’s top ten men, Zyemtsev will have to fend off New Zealand’s Bryan Rhodes, American Jordan Rapp, Australian Jason Shortis, Victoria’s Jasper Blake (the 2006 Ironman Canada Champion), perennial top ten finisher Kyle Marcotte of Calgary, and Canadian Olympian Paul Tichelaar who will make his Ironman debut.

A group of Canadian women will try to make sure that the title comes back into Canadian hands. They include Sara Gross, Miranda Alldritt, Rachel Kiers, Fiona Whitby, and our regular columnist/blogger Tara Norton.

Ironman.com will have live coverage on race day.

Check out the entire professional field below.

Pro Men

1 ZYEMTSEV VIKTOR UKR

2 RHODES BRYAN NZL

3 BRADER CHRISTIAN GER

4 RAPP JORDAN USA

5 BLAKE JASPER CAN

6 SHORTIS JASON AUS

7 MARCOTTE KYLE CAN

8 BAGG CHRISTOPHER USA

9 WURTELE TREVOR CAN

10 JAMMAER BERT BEL

11 CURRY SCOTT CAN

12 ABEL TORSTEN GER

13 TICHELAAR PAUL CAN

15 TREMBLAY SCOTT CAN

16 TOTH ANTHONY CAN

17 O’HALLORAN MATHIEU CAN

18 CAIN DALLAS CAN

19 NEILL MIKE CAN

20 BAIRD CHRISTOPHER USA

21 DELSAUT TREVOR FRA

22 NISHIUCHI HIROYUKI JPN

23 RAMIREZ JUAN CARLOS MEX

24 CAIN RYAN CAN (OTTAWA, ON)

25 GRAY NIGEL CAN

26 RUSSELL MATTHEW USA

27 ATTARD PAUL AUS

28 BILLEAU SIMON FRA

29 O’MEARA ADAM CAN

3236 CAIN RYAN CAN (CRANBROOK, BC)

Pro Women

31 KESSLER MEREDITH USA

32 MADISON MACKENZIE USA

33 BROMME ULI USA

34 ELLIS MARY USA

35 LOEFFLER KIM USA

36 GROSS SARA CAN

37 COOPER-SCOTT HALEY USA

38 KIERS RACHEL CAN

39 ALLDRITT MIRANDA CAN

40 HARRISON LAUREN USA

41 NISHIUCHI MAKI JPN

42 GORDON JACQUI USA

43 WHITBY FIONA CAN

44 NORTON TARA CAN

45 KELLER FERNANDA BR

46 SHIONO EMI JPN

47 BEEBE KELZIE USA