Ironman World Championships Preview
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Arguably the biggest day in the sport of triathlon, the Ironman World Championships is set to go this Saturday in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Heather Wurtele, Miranda Alldritt, and Mike Neill will fly Canada’s flag in the professional field.
Chris McCormack, on a quest to make the Australian Olympic Triathlon team, will not be back to defend his title although he is in Kona to be part of the TV/Online video coverage. Fellow Aussie Craig Alexander the previous two-time champion now has the pre-race favourite tag on his back and will face a stiff challenge from large gathering of top notch professional men. Check out the list of professional men below.
Men
1 Craig Alexander M 38 MPRO AUS
2 Raynard Tissink M 38 MPRO RSA
3 Timothy O’Donnell M 31 MPRO USA
4 Eneko Llanos M 35 MPRO ESP
5 Faris Al-Sultan M 33 MPRO GER
6 Marino Vanhoenacker M 35 MPRO BEL
7 Jan Raphael M 31 MPRO GER
8 Luke Bell M 32 MPRO AUS
9 Timo Bracht M 36 MPRO GER
10 Andreas Raelert M 35 MPRO GER
11 Pete Jacobs M 30 MPRO AUS
12 Jozsef Major M 32 MPRO HUN
13 Mathias Hecht M 31 MPRO SUI
14 Cameron Brown M 39 MPRO NZL
15 Frederik Van Lierde M 32 MPRO BEL
16 Petr Vabrousek M 38 MPRO CZE
17 Ronnie Schildknecht M 32 MPRO SUI
18 Maik Twelsiek M 31 MPRO GER
19 Luke McKenzie M 30 MPRO AUS
20 Ben Hoffman M 28 MPRO USA
21 Michael Weiss M 30 MPRO AUT
22 T.J. Tollakson M 31 MPRO USA
23 Patrick Vernay M 38 MPRO FRA
24 Axel Zeebroek M 33 MPRO BEL
25 Chris Lieto M 39 MPRO USA
26 Tom Lowe M 33 MPRO GBR
27 Rasmus Henning M 36 MPRO DEN
28 Torsten Abel M 37 MPRO GER
29 Andy Potts M 35 MPRO USA
30 Balazs Csoke M 28 MPRO HUN
31 Andi Boecherer M 28 MPRO GER
32 Sergio Marques M 31 MPRO POR
33 Dirk Bockel M 35 MPRO LUX
34 Bert Jammaer M 31 MPRO BEL
35 Michael Lovato M 38 MPRO USA
36 Michael Goehner M 31 MPRO GER
37 Mike Schifferle M 38 MPRO SUI
38 Joe Gambles M 29 MPRO AUS
39 Matthew Russell M 28 MPRO USA
40 Cyril Viennot M 29 MPRO FRA
41 Matty White M 34 MPRO AUS
42 Paul Amey M 38 MPRO GBR
43 Daniel Fontana M 36 MPRO ITA
44 Mike Aigroz M 33 MPRO SUI
45 Mike Neill M 39 MPRO CAN
46 Georg Potrebitsch M 27 MPRO GER
47 Ian Mikelson M 31 MPRO USA
48 Matty Reed M 36 MPRO USA
49 Marko Albert M 32 MPRO EST
50 Courtney Ogden M 39 MPRO AUS
51 Hiroyuki Nishiuchi M 36 MPRO JPN
Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae is back to defend her title, but Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington is also back and hungry to re-claim the title she was unable to defend last year after pulling out of the World Championships on race morning due to illness. Wellington did suffer a bike crash less than two weeks ago so we will have to wait and see if any issues arise from that incident. Check out the list of professional women below.
Women
101 Mirinda Carfrae F 30 FPRO AUS
102 Chrissie Wellington F 34 FPRO GBR
103 Caroline Steffen F 33 FPRO SUI
104 Yvonne Van Vlerken F 33 FPRO NED
105 Karin Thuerig F 39 FPRO SUI
106 Tyler Stewart F 33 FPRO USA
107 Leanda Cave F 33 FPRO GBR
108 Julie Dibens F 36 FPRO GBR
109 Heleen Bij De Vaate F 37 FPRO NED
110 Kelly Williamson F 34 FPRO USA
111 Amy Marsh F 34 FPRO USA
112 Rachel Joyce F 33 FPRO GBR
113 Sonja Tajsich F 36 FPRO GER
114 Catriona Morrison F 34 FPRO GBR
115 Silvia Felt F 34 FPRO GER
116 Heather Wurtele F 32 FPRO CAN
117 Virginia Berasategui F 36 FPRO ESP
118 Tine Deckers F 33 FPRO BEL
119 Lucie Zelenkova F 37 FPRO CZE
120 Sofie Goos F 31 FPRO BEL
121 Kate Bevilaqua F 34 FPRO AUS
122 Kim Loeffler F 39 FPRO USA
123 Caitlin Snow F 29 FPRO USA
124 Linsey Corbin F 30 FPRO USA
125 Amanda Stevens F 34 FPRO USA
126 Samantha Warriner F 40 FPRO NZL
127 Uli Bromme F 30 FPRO USA
128 Mary Beth Ellis F 34 FPRO USA
129 Maki Nishiuchi F 36 FPRO JPN
130 Miranda Alldritt F 34 FPRO CAN
131 Jackie Arendt F 27 FPRO USA
132 Joanna Lawn F 38 FPRO NZL
133 Natascha Badmann F 45 FPRO SUI
Race week coverage has already begun on https://kona.ironmanlive.com
Live race coverage (video, and text) will commence on Saturday at the same site.
Universal Sports will also have live video coverage on race day.
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