Irish Athletes Racing the IRONMAN World Champs
The delayed IRONMAN World Championships 2021 take place this weekend in St. George, Utah, United States and as always, there is a decent representation from Ireland with 23 athletes lining up among the 3,000 competitors for the pinnacle of long distance triathlon racing.
Tomorrow will mark the first time ever that the IM World Champs have been held outside of Kona and a tantalising prospect lies in store in both the women’s and men’s races, with two stacked fields featuring long distance legends, Olympic gold medalists and multiple world champions.
The Course
The race might be out of Kona, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be any easier (and perhaps even harder) with a 180.2km bike course (following a 3,800m reservoir swim) that will lead athletes through desert landscapes and 2,248 meters of elevation gain. The 42.2km run course features another 431m of climbing before the finish line where athletes from this side of the pond will be greeted by a familiar voice in the form of Joanne Murphy from Galway Triathlon Club and the Tri Talking Sport podcast, who is working as an official announcer at the race.
Irish Athletes
Here in race number order are the Irish athletes competing tomorrow in St George. We’d like to wish them all a great race and a good day out!
Men
106 Mark Millar
191 Ian Farrell
206 Thomas Collins
310 Mark Farquhar
389 Derek Sheridan
487 JP Mcaree
935 James Curran
957 Paul Doheny
1006 James Knipe
1285 Aaron Madden
1509 Colin Teevan
1798 Ciaran Byrne
1955 Mark McCabe
2258 Jonathan Nally
2290 Niall McCarthy
2753 Rich Brady
2794 Owen Martin
2798 Glyn Tallon
2833 Declan Doyle
Women
3237 Hilary Hughes
3411 Marie Staunton
3483 Paula Cook
3516 Felicia Long
Follow the Race
Follow live race-day coverage of the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN World Championship presented by Utah Sports Commission via IRONMAN Now™ available on Facebook Watch as well as on NBC’s streaming service, Peacock.
For more information about the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN World Championship presented by Utah Sports Commission event, please visit www.ironman.com/im-world-championship-2021
