Ironman Louisville goes this Sunday August 25

Patrick Evoe returns to defend the men's title.

Rogerhospedales August 21, 2013

American Patrick Evoe will return to defend his Ironman Louisville title this coming Sunday August 25. The women will see a new champion since American Bree Wee raced at Ironman Mont-Tremblant and is back home in Hawaii.

In the professional and amateur ranks, 39 countries are represented with United States sending 2,754 participants (93%), 49 states are represented with Kentucky sending 210 participants (7%).

Ironman Louisville offers a $25,000 professional prize purse and 50 age group qualifying slots for the 2013 Ironman World Championship, taking place on Oct. 12, 2013 in Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

Ironman.com will have live coverage.

Professional field:

BIB #	LAST	FIRST	AGE	Gender	Country REP
1	Evoe	Patrick	36	MPRO	USA
2	McDonald	Chris	34	MPRO	AUS
3	Hermanson	Mike	26	MPRO	USA
4	Castillo Latorre	Andres	30	MPRO	COL
5	Bates	Ryan	33	MPRO	USA
6	Crawford	Guy	34	MPRO	NZL
7	Donner	Ed	36	MPRO	USA
8	Gerlach	Thomas	32	MPRO	USA
9	Pawlaczyk	Kyle	30	MPRO	USA
10	Vondracek	Jesse	31	MPRO	USA
11	Campos	Guilherme	31	MPRO	BRA
12	Hodges	Andrew	30	MPRO	USA
13	Kotland	Peter	41	MPRO	USA
14	Shearon	Jonathan	33	MPRO	USA
15	Hirsch	John	38	MPRO	USA
16	Wood	Tom	28	MPRO	USA
17	Palmer	Devon	26	MPRO	USA

BIB #	LAST	FIRST	AGE	Gender	Country REP
25	Kraft	Nina	44	WPRO	DEU
26	Bevilaqua	Kate	36	WPRO	AUS
27	Jastrebsky	Rachel	26	WPRO	USA
28	Garcia	Whitney	32	WPRO	USA
29	Blazevic	Svetlana	33	WPRO	SCG
30	Lewis	Cindy	32	WPRO	CAN
31	Clifford	Ashley	27	WPRO	USA
32	Ritchie	Tami	29	WPRO	USA
33	Cornman	Jocelyn	34	WPRO	USA
34	Gellatly	April	30	WPRO	USA
35	Gordon	Jacqui	40	WPRO	USA
36	Gregory	Caroline	34	WPRO	USA
37	Brown	Brooke	34	WPRO	USA
38	Anderson	Christine	31	WPRO	USA