Ironman 70.3 Austria
 Ironman 70.3 Austria
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St. Pölten Austria
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| First run | 2007 |
| Last event | 2019 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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| distance |
 1.9 km
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| track record | Men: 3:51:36 h, 2018 Michael Weiss Women: 4:14:25 h, 2018 Laura Philipp 
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman 70.3 Austria was a 2007 to 2019 in the Austrian St. Pölten about 65 km west of Vienna held Triathlon -Sportveranstaltung over the middle distance 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km run.
Ironman 70.3 is a protected trademark of the Chinese Dalian Wanda Group or its subsidiary WTC , which originally awarded its use to independent organizers in return for payment of license fees and has increasingly also been an organizer itself since 2009.
organization
The race over half the Ironman distance was first organized in Austria in 2007 by Triangle Sports & Promotion GmbH , which has held Ironman Austria since 1998 and, at times, Ironman France , Ironman South Africa , Ironman 70.3 South Africa and Ironman 70.3 Monaco organized. The triathlon was the fifth European and twentieth event worldwide with the trademark "Ironman 70.3" in the event name. According to press information from Triangle, the choice of the Lower Austrian capital St. Pölten as the venue was only decided after long negotiations, whereby the central location and easy accessibility would have been decisive. Triangle announced before the premiere, the budget of which she estimated at one million euros, that it would be broadcast worldwide by an ORF television production and already advertised for the first event with an expected benefit for the region of around 12,000 overnight stays and a forecast added value of around 5.2 Million Euros. De facto, this expectation turned out to be unrealistic, at least for the first event: At the premiere, there were ultimately only 568 athletes (with a participant limit of 1500 triathletes), the press wrote that around 5000 spectators were there.
The participation fee in St. Pölten was 160 euros at the premiere. When the Ironman 70.3 Austria was held for the first time on June 2, 2007, a qualification for 75 starting places at a triathlon in Clearwater was possible as the conclusion of the Ironman 70.3 series. The fastest amateurs in their age groups as well as professional triathletes can purchase these starting places in the afternoon after the competition in St. Pölten. This series finale is advertised under the name "Ironman 70.3 World Championship", but is not a formal world championship awarded by an international association . At the premiere in 2007, German Michael Göhner took the lead after 75 km on the bike course and finally won Gerrit Schellens . The fastest woman was Erika Csomor from Hungary .
In 2009 the race in St. Pölten took place on May 24th, athletes from 39 nations were registered. Chris McCormack crossed the finish line three seconds ahead of runner-up Marino Vanhoenacker after a neck-and-neck race . In the women's category, Sandra Wallenhorst won the fastest half marathon ahead of Lucie Zelenkova , who after the second discipline was ahead of Eva Dollinger and Caroline Steffen .
In 2010, the owners of Triangle sold their company, including the rights to their events, to WTC, which has now been owned by an investment company . In 2010 the number of starting places offered in St. Pölten for the series finale, which could be purchased for 270 euros each, was reduced to fifty. In 2010, the Czech Filip Ospalý improved the course record to 3:46:01 h and undercut the winning time from the previous year by more than eight minutes. In the women's category, Yvonne van Vlerken from the Netherlands, who has lived in Austria since 2007, was able to narrowly win the final sprint ahead of Erika Csomor from Hungary .
For the fifth event in 2011, registrations were received from more than 2,300 athletes from 50 nations. The Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun has been organized by the same organizer around 340 km west of St. Pölten since 2012 .
Since 2013, 30 starting places for the season finale have been sold in St. Pölten. In May 2013, 2268 athletes were at the start and the swimming distance had to be canceled without replacement this year due to the weather.
In 2014 Lisa Hütthaler was able to repeat her success from the previous year and set a new course record for women with 4:17:20 h.
In 2015, a total of 2123 registrations were received by the organizer, in advance the organizer had named 2400 starters as the participant limit. In order to counteract the slipstream problem, the athletes have started in individual start groups since the premiere. The professional athletes start about ten minutes before the amateurs. There were a total of ten start groups in 2015. In May 2015, two German athletes, Anja Beranek and Andreas Böcherer, won the race for the first time.
The registration fee for 2016 rose to EUR 302 for individual starters and EUR 402 for relays; if you register several months before the competition, lower participation fees are possible. In 2016, the participation fee for the “Ironman 70.3 World Championship” to be paid in cash by the qualified athletes on site was 378 euros (each including the mandatory service fee). In 2016 Böcherer was able to successfully defend his title.
In May 2018, the German Laura Philipp took her third victory in a row after 4:14:25 h with a new course record, and the Austrian Michael Weiss also improved the men's course record to 3:51:36 h.
Continuation as "Challenge St. Pölten" from 2020
After the 13th edition in 2019, the organizer changed. As it became known in May, the race is to be held on May 24, 2020 under a new organizer as part of the international Challenge racing series as "Challenge St. Pölten". In 2020 the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Route
- The swimming distance starts in the Viehofner See and after a 900 meter swim there is an approximately 200 meter long shore leave to the Ratzersdorfer See .
- The bike route runs over a 90 km long loop through the Wachau with around 1024 meters of altitude - via Herzogenburg , Traismauer , Krustetten , Krems , Mautern , Weißenkirchen , Aggsbach , Gansbach and Obritzberg back to the transition area in St. Pölten. On an approx. 16 km long section at the beginning of the cycle route, it runs over the section of the Krems expressway S33, which is closed for the event, between the St. Pölten Nord junction and the Traismauer Nord junction.
- The final half marathon will be held over two laps on the eastern and western banks of the Traisen .
Winners list
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kai Baumgartner: Contract signed: Austria IRONMAN 70.3 fixed in St. Pölten. In: 3athlon.de. November 22, 2006, archived from the original on May 5, 2007 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Austria IRONMAN 70.3 fixed in St. Pölten. In: tri2b.com. November 15, 2006, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Göhner and Csomor victorious at the premiere in St. Pölten. In: tri2b.com. June 2, 2007, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ^ Dennis Wachter: Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten. In: tri2b.com. May 24, 2009, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Dan Empfield: WTC sold to private equity firm . In: slowtwitch.com . September 8, 2008.
- ↑ Elzabe Boshoff, Marietjie VanDerMerwe: The Heart of an Ironman South Africa . 2nd Edition. Meyer & Meyer, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84126-363-2 , pp. 16-17 .
- ^ Clearwater qualification. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: Ironman 70.3 Austria: Ospaly and van Vlerken win with new course records. In: tri2b.com. May 30, 2010, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ IRONMAN 70.3 St. Pölten: The anniversary edition is in the starting blocks (April 5, 2011)
- ↑ Las Vegas Qualification | Ironman 70.3 St Pölten. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: St. Pölten: Böcherer second in the cold battle. In: tri2b.com. May 26, 2013, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ René Penno: Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten: Home win among women. In: tri2b.com. May 26, 2014, accessed February 15, 2016 .
- ↑ German triathletes win in Austria (May 17, 2015)
- ↑ orf.at: Out for Ironman brand in St. Pölten . Article dated May 30, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019.
- ↑ A warm welcome to Challenge St. Pölten
- ↑ Triathlon in St. Pölten canceled this year. In: ORF.at . April 2, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 .