Ironman World Championship Preview: Who’s racing in St. George
A look at the 75 pros who will compete for the Ironman World Championship title

For the first time ever the Ironman World Championship will be taking place outside of Hawaii this May as the long-awaited return of the event takes place in St. George, Utah.
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Today Ironman officially announced the 75 pro athletes who will toe the line in St. George on May 7.
Women’s field
The defending Ironman World Champion, Anne Haug (GER), will wear race #F1, with the four-time champion, Daniela Ryf (SUI) wearing #F2. Another German, Laura Philipp, was fourth in her Kona debut in 2019, and is fresh off a win over Ryf at Ironman 70.3 Dubai last month.
There are two Canadians in the field – Angela Naeth and Rach McBride.
BIB | LAST | FIRST | COUNTRY |
F1 | Haug | Anne | DEU |
F2 | Ryf | Daniela | CHE |
F4 | Philipp | Laura | DEU |
F5 | Jackson | Heather | USA |
F6 | Moench | Skye | USA |
F7 | Matthews | Katrina | GBR |
F8 | Corbin | Linsey | USA |
F9 | Stage-Nielsen | Maja | DNK |
F10 | Frades Larralde | Gurutze | ESP |
F11 | Naeth | Angela | CAN |
F12 | Norden | Lisa | SWE |
F14 | Langridge | Fenella | GBR |
F15 | McCauley | Jocelyn | USA |
F16 | Svensk | Sara | SWE |
F17 | Bartlett | Nikki | GBR |
F18 | Astle | Ruth | GBR |
F19 | Siddall | Laura | GBR |
F20 | Zimmermann | Laura | DEU |
F21 | Mathieux | Justine | FRA |
F23 | Kiley | Renee | AUS |
F24 | Simpson | Kylie | AUS |
F25 | Ryter | Joanna | CHE |
F26 | Chura | Haley | USA |
F27 | Fillnow | Kelly | USA |
F28 | Kessler | Meredith | USA |
F29 | McBride | Rach | CAN |
F30 | Lehrieder | Carolin | DEU |
F31 | Mitchell | Simone | GBR |
F32 | Grosvenor | Tara | GBR |
F33 | Kortekaas | Tessa | NLD |
Men’s field
Defending men’s champion Jan Frodeno won’t be competing in St. George but that hardly means we’re not in for an exciting race. Norwegian’s Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden are the much-touted new full-distance stars, but will face some stiff competition from veterans and fellow Olympians alike in the form of Sebastian Kiel, Alistair Brownlee and Canada’s own Lionel Sanders.
BIB | LAST | FIRST | COUNTRY |
M2 | Kienle | Sebastian | DEU |
M3 | Iden | Gustav | NOR |
M4 | Hoffman | Ben | USA |
M5 | Blummenfelt | Kristian | NOR |
M6 | Skipper | Joe | GBR |
M7 | Currie | Braden | NZL |
M8 | Aernouts | Bart | BEL |
M9 | Leiferman | Chris | USA |
M10 | Brownlee | Alistair | GBR |
M11 | Van Berkel | Jan | CHE |
M12 | Weiss | Michael | AUT |
M14 | Potts | Andy | USA |
M15 | Bækkegård | Daniel | DNK |
M16 | Sanders | Lionel | CAN |
M17 | Long | Sam | USA |
M18 | Angert | Florian | DEU |
M19 | Hogenhaug | Kristian | DNK |
M21 | Hanson | Matthew | USA |
M22 | Chevrot | Denis | FRA |
M23 | Gomez | Javier | ESP |
M24 | Dreitz | Andreas | DEU |
M25 | Smith | Kyle | NZL |
M26 | Chevalier | Leon | FRA |
M27 | Wurf | Cameron | AUS |
M28 | Laidlow | Sam | FRA |
M29 | Metzler | Justin | USA |
M30 | Boecherer | Andi | DEU |
M31 | Butterfield | Tyler | BMU |
M32 | Neumann | Max | AUS |
M33 | Trautman | Matt | ZAF |
M34 | Guilloux | Arnaud | FRA |
M35 | Stein | Boris | DEU |
M37 | Goesch | Henrik | FIN |
M38 | McNamee | David | GBR |
M39 | Russell | Matt | USA |
M40 | Heemeryck | Pieter | BEL |
M41 | Feigh | Adam | USA |
M42 | Burton | Matt | AUS |
M43 | Portmann | Kevin | FRA |
M44 | Nilsson | Patrick | SWE |