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