70.3 World Championship Start List Announced

UPDATED: Sept. 13

This weekend, the 70.3 World Championship will take to St. George, Utah in a condensed one-day format—meaning both the men and the women will hit the water on Saturday, Sept. 18 to crown two new world champions on the hilly, tough course. (The 70.3 World Championships will return to St. George next year, after a shuffling of events due to COVID moved the 2022 race from New Zealand.)

With the 2021 Ironman World Championships in Kona postponed from October to February of next year, the 70.3 World Championships are the main long-course world title up for grabs this fall—and the start lists released by Ironman last week show a deep field from around the world. (Though with COVID travel restrictions ongoing, some athletes from Europe, Australia, and New Zealand may not be able to make it into the country.)

There are a few notable absences from the start lists: Olympic champion Flora Duffy, who had previously qualified for a 70.3 Worlds spot, won’t be starting after an exhausting and busy post-Tokyo month, and defending Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno didn’t have a spot in St. George (though no word on whether or not Ironman would have made an exception for the GOAT). Frodeno has hinted he’ll instead target Ironman California later this year. Both Kona champions Anne Haug and Patrick Lange won in Challenge Roth and are not racing in St. George.

There were also a few question marks of people who were on the start list but were not actually likely to start—and this new updated start list includes quite a few of those scratches: Alistair Brownlee, who just underwent foot surgery and the raced a massive gravel riding adventure in Spain, previous winner Javier Gomez, and Sebi Kienle, who pulled out of Challenge Roth lat weekend. Lionel Sanders has confirmed that he will be pulling out of St. George, Utah to focus on Chattanooga and California as well. And Taylor Knibb, who impressed at her debut 70.3 in Boulder, at the World Triathlon final in Canada, and then again at the Collins Cup, is seeing how her body recovers from all the racing.

For a more in-depth breakdown of the contenders checkout:

• Your Guide to the Women’s 70.3 World Championship Contenders
• Your Guide to the Men’s 70.3 World Championship Contenders

70.3 World Championship Women’s Start List

101	Ryf	Daniela	CHE
102	Lawrence	Holly	GBR
104	Sodaro	Chelsea	USA
105	Charles-Barclay	Lucy	GBR
106	Pallant-Browne	Emma	GBR
109	Matthews	Katrina	GBR
110	Findlay	Paula	CAN
111	Lester	Carrie	AUS
112	Moench	Skye	USA
113	Metzler	Jeanni	ZAF
114	Hering	Jackie	USA
115	Salthouse	Ellie	AUS
116	Norden	Lisa	SWE
117	Bartlett	Nikki	GBR
119	Kessler	Meredith	USA
120	Hall	Lucy	GBR
121	Smith	Lesley	USA
122	Piampiano	Sarah	USA
123	McCauley	Jocelyn	USA
124	Oliveira	Pamella	BRA
126	Lee	India	GBR
127	Thek	Grace	AUS
128	Stage-Nielsen	Maja	DNK
129	Becharas	Lisa	USA
130	Reischmann	Anne	DEU
131	Jewett	Tamara	CAN
132	Lane	Chloe	AUS
133	Mathieux	Justine	FRA
134	Lewis	Danielle	USA
136	Iemmolo	Julie	FRA
137	Knibb	Taylor	USA
138	Withrow	Kelsey	USA
139	Best-Pohl	Anna-Lena	DEU
140	Krüger	Katharina	DEU
141	Laine	Kinsey	USA
142	Sheedy-Ryan	Felicity	AUS
143	Thams	Line	DNK
144	Alexander	Grace	USA
145	Pesch	Maddy	USA
146	Luethi	Diane	CHE
147	Mensch	Rachel	USA
148	Wendorff	Amanda	USA
149	Goodell	Kimberly	USA
150	Fletcher	Jenny	CAN

70.3 World Championship Men’s Start List

1	Iden	Gustav	NOR
4	Blummenfelt	Kristian	NOR
6	Appleton	Sam	AUS
7	Weiss	Bradley	ZAF
8	Kanute	Ben	USA
9	Sanders	Lionel	CAN
10	Reed	Tim	AUS
11	Raelert	Michael	DEU
12	Long	Sam	USA
14	Hanson	Matthew	USA
15	Bækkegård	Daniel	DNK
16	Leiferman	Chris	USA
17	Goodwin	George	GBR
18	Ditlev	Magnus	DNK
19	Neumann	Max	AUS
20	Dreitz	Andreas	DEU
21	Funk	Frederic	DEU
23	Laundry	Jackson	CAN
24	Smith	Kyle	NZL
26	Azevedo	Filipe	PRT
27	Stratmann	Jan	DEU
28	Clavel	Maurice	DEU
30	Chartier	Collin	USA
31	Gambles	Joe	AUS
32	Mignon	Clement	FRA
33	West	Jason	USA
34	Costes	Antony	FRA
35	Ruttmann	Paul	AUT
36	Mendez Cruz	Mauricio	MEX
37	Herbst	Marcus	DEU
38	Taagholt	Miki	DNK
39	Jarrige	Yvan	FRA
41	Smales	Elliot	GBR
42	Reid	Taylor	CAN
43	Frommhold	Nils	DEU
44	Barnaby	Gregory	ITA
45	Chase	Nicholas	USA
46	Deckard	Robbie	USA
47	Kallin	Robert	SWE
49	Lagerstrom	Eric	USA
50	Amorelli	Igor	BRA
51	Ulloa	Martin	CHL
52	Toldi	Fernando	BRA
54	Rea	Tim	AUS
55	Noodt	Mika	DEU
56	Smith	Brennen	CAN
57	Le Berre	Yohan	FRA
58	Faldum	Gabor	HUN
59	Magnien	Dylan	FRA
61	Andrie	Marty	USA
62	Royle	Aaron	AUS
63	Rodriguez Hernandez	Tomas	MEX
64	Metzler	Justin	USA
65	Butterfield	Tyler	BMU