Après une coupure de plus d’un an, et surtout un paysage triathlètique où l’emprise médiatique d’ironman n’est plus aussi évidente avec les investissements presque trop massifs de la PTO, les webdiffusions seront de retour dès ce week-end. Ironman pourrait ne plus pouvoir se contenter des diffusions minimales puisque Challenge réussit enfin à créer des évènements rassemblant l’élite mondiale.
Toujours sur la plateforme Facebook Watch et la chaine Ironman Watch, le championnat Nord-Américain Ironman 70.3 (St-georges) aura les grands honneurs ce samedi. C’est d’ailleurs sur le même terrain de jeux qu’auront lieu les championnats du monde de 70.3 au mois de septembre.
Évidemment, avec cette longue coupure, la starting list est imposante avec comme tête d’affiche, Rodolphe Von Berg, Lionel Sanders, Bart Aernouts, Benn Hoffman, Ben Kanute, Sam Long…
Apparemment, plusieurs français feraient le voyage dont Denis Chevrot, Antony Costes et Yvan Jarrige.
Chez les femmes, est-ce que Daniela Ryf continuera a redéfinir les limites du sport. Paula Findlay, Holly Lawrence, Sarah Crowley, Emma Pallant, Sky Moench sont attendues dans le camps de la résistance.
Pour regarder la course samedi, c’est ici. https://www.facebook.com/IRONMANnow/
Sans donner de liste précise, Ironman s’engage à diffuser 18 évènements cette année. On notera qu’Ironman est désormais la propriété du groupe Advance. Cette business familiale, oui oui, est aussi propriétaire du groupe médiatique Conde Nast et en partie Discovery (31%) qui pourrait profiter de sa branche sportive avec GCN et Eurosport afin de populariser à nouveau le triathlon.
| 46 | Von Berg | Rodolphe | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 48 | Sanders | Lionel | CAN (Canada) |
| 49 | Hoffman | Ben | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 50 | Aernouts | Bart | BEL (Belgium) |
| 51 | Laundry | Jackson | CAN (Canada) |
| 52 | Raelert | Michael | DEU (Germany) |
| 53 | Kanute | Ben | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 54 | McNamee | David | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 55 | Dreitz | Andreas | DEU (Germany) |
| 56 | Hanson | Matthew | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 57 | Appleton | Sam | AUS (Australia) |
| 58 | Angert | Florian | DEU (Germany) |
| 59 | Weiss | Bradley | ZAF (South Africa) |
| 60 | Ditlev | Magnus | DNK (Denmark) |
| 61 | Russell | Matt | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 62 | Lagerstrom | Eric | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 63 | Leiferman | Chris | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 64 | Clavel | Maurice | DEU (Germany) |
| 65 | Reid | Taylor | CAN (Canada) |
| 66 | Long | Sam | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 67 | Metzler | Justin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 68 | Costes | Antony | FRA (France) |
| 69 | Gambles | Joe | AUS (Australia) |
| 70 | Sullens | Joseph | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 71 | Bishop | Kevin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 72 | Gillespie | Dylan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 73 | Brady | Patrick | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 74 | Wood | Travis | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 75 | Portmann | Kevin | FRA (France) |
| 76 | Hsiao | Yu | TWN (Taiwan, Province of China) |
| 77 | Hipple | Tripp | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 78 | Stevenson | Paul | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 79 | Peterson | Kennett | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 80 | Goodwin | George | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 83 | Gomes | Pedro | PRT (Portugal) |
| 84 | Azevedo | Filipe | PRT (Portugal) |
| 85 | Ruttman | Paul | AUT (Austria) |
| 86 | Loewen | Garrick | CAN (Canada) |
| 87 | Depaula | Tiago | BRA (Brazil) |
| 88 | Peterson | Erik | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 90 | Webster | Robby | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 91 | Chase | Nicholas | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 92 | Vondracek | Jesse | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 93 | Baptiste | Neveu | FRA (France) |
| 94 | Reyes | Daniel | VEN (Venezuela) |
| 95 | Collington | Kevin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 96 | Gomez | Pablo | COL (Colombia) |
| 97 | Francoeur | Antoine | CAN (Canada) |
| 98 | Jarrige | Yvan | FRA (France) |
| 99 | King | Ian | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 100 | Lopes | Andre | BRA (Brazil) |
| 101 | Lammers | Vant | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 102 | Khalamanov | Alexander | RUS (Russian Federation) |
| 103 | Enzenberger | Georg | AUT (Austria) |
| 104 | Lubinski | Jim | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 105 | Krueger | Andy | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 106 | West | Jason | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 107 | Visti Graae | Kristoffer | DNK (Denmark) |
| 108 | Deal | Ben | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 109 | Mcpherson | Kieran | NZL (New Zealand) |
| 113 | Arishita | Michael | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 114 | Daugherty | Sean | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 115 | Margot | Arnaud | CHE (Switzerland) |
| 116 | Chevrot | Denis | FRA (France) |
| 118 | Haller | Adrian | CHE (Switzerland) |
| 119 | Bækkegård | Daniel | DNK (Denmark) |
| 120 | Henes | Frederik | DEU (Germany) |
| 3994 | Guete | David | COL (Colombia) |
| 3995 | Heemeryck | Pieter | BEL (Belgium) |
| 3997 | Treise | Ted | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 3998 | Andrie | Marty | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 3999 | Forman | Cody | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 4000 | Parker | Steven | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| Bib | Last Name | First Name | Country Represented |
| 1 | Lawrence | Holly | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 2 | Ryf | Daniela | CHE (Switzerland) |
| 3 | Findlay | Paula | CAN (Canada) |
| 4 | Kessler | Meredith | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 5 | Moench | Skye | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 6 | Crowley | Sarah | AUS (Australia) |
| 8 | Pallant | Emma | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 9 | Lester | Carrie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 10 | Corbin | Linsey | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 12 | Metzler | Jeanni | ZAF (South Africa) |
| 13 | Kilgroe | Kim | PHL (Philippines) |
| 14 | Hering | Jackie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 15 | Lewis | Danielle | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 16 | Chura | Haley | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 20 | Higgins | Brittany | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 21 | Becharas | Lisa | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 22 | Langridge | Fenella | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 23 | O’Mara | Kelly | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 24 | Watts | Sophie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 25 | Goodrum | Jenna | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 27 | James | Elizabeth | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 28 | Trnovcova | Zuzana | SVK (Slovakia) |
| 30 | Bishop | Sarah | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 31 | Doehla | Alissa | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 32 | Rinaldo | Marj | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 34 | Belles | Hayley | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 35 | Moriarty | Fiona | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 36 | Mensch | Rachel | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 38 | Paulson | Ashley | USA (United States of America) |
| 39 | Deal | Summer | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 41 | Oliveira | Pamella | BRA (Brazil) |
| 42 | Gruden | Lara | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 43 | Rusch | Maggie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 44 | Pesch | Maddy | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| 45 | Withrow | Kelsey | USA (UNITED STATES) |