San Diego showdown: How to watch Ironman 70.3 Oceanside
First race of the Ironman Pro Series attracts huge field
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The Ironman Pro Series kicks off on Saturday morning with Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. In its bid to take on the Professional Triathletes Organisation and its T100 Triathlon World Tour, Ironman announced the Pro Series last October. Based on the huge pro field that’s signed up for the race (over 120 registered), the pros have taken notice of the new series. Fans will get their chance to watch Saturday’s race on Outside Watch, while live tracking will be available through the Ironman Tracker.
The coverage begins at 6 am local time (9 am EST). The coverage is free to watch live, but you’ll have to have an Outside+ membership to watch the race on demand afterwards.
Ironman 70.3 Oceanside features many T100 athletes who are skipping Singapore (and one who is not!)
Saturday’s race won’t just be our first chance to see how the T100 and Ironman racing will match up in 2024 – the men’s and women’s fields feature some great match ups.
Jewett back to defend
Saturday’s race will feature the last three women’s champions, including last year’s champ, Canada’s Tamara Jewett. She’ll face the 2022 champ, two-time 70.3 world champ Taylor Knibb (USA), and 2021 champion Paula Findlay (CAN). Another potential favourite is Emma Pallant-Browne, but the British star crashed on her bike last weekend, which might keep her from competing in Oceanside. Another Brit, Fenella Langridge, is also considered a podium threat.
Laundry looks for another podium finish
Canada’s Jackson Laundry enjoyed possibly the biggest win of his career in Oceanside in 2022 with his impressive win that saw him pass a fading Alistair Brownlee to take the title. Fellow Canadian Lionel Sanders, a two-time Oceanside champion (2016 and 2017), is likely to be in the hunt for another title, as is two-time Ironman World Champion Patrick Lange. American Sam Long is coming off a brilliant runner-up finish at T100 Miami (along with a 70.3 win in Pucon), while the list of potential podium contenders continues with names like Braden Currie, Joe Skipper, Jelle Geens and Matt Hanson.
Ironman steps up to promote new series
As a sign of how serious Ironman is about promoting the series and the 1,000 eligible professional athletes competing, the company has launched a new website – proseries.ironman.com – which will allow fans “to stay up to date with news and previews in-between races, (provide) dedicated bio pages for professional triathletes racing in an Ironman Pro Series event in 2024, as well as individual race results, and overall Series standings.”
Ironman hypes Pro Series with new website and broadcast schedule
