Ironman Louisville
 Ironman Louisville
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Louisville United States
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| First run | 2007 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 8:10:11 h, 2017 Andrew Starykowicz Women: 9:20:21, 2009 Nina Kraft 
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman Louisville is one since 2007 annual triathlon - sporting event on the Ironman as distance (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Louisville in the American state of Kentucky .
organization
The Ironman Louisville is part of the Ironman World Series of the World Triathlon Corporation . Until 2014, the participants had the opportunity to qualify here for the Triathlon World Championship on the long distance at the Ironman Hawaii . There were 50 starting places for amateurs. The Ironman Louisville has been held as a pure Abe Group competition since 2015 - this means that the winners do not receive any prize money and no qualification points are awarded for the Kona Pro ranking.
At the eighth edition of the competition on August 24, 2014, the Australian Chris McDonald achieved his fourth victory after the first edition in 2007 as well as 2011 and 2013, and the German Nina Kraft her third victory after 2009 and 2011.
After discussions in 2014 about a necessary shortening of the running route due to extreme heat, the date for 2015 was moved from August to October and thus to the cooler season. In addition, the Ironman Louisville 2015 and 2016 were organized as a purely amateur competition without prize money or qualification opportunities for professional triathletes. In the run-up to the 2015 event, there were massive discussions regarding potential dangers to athletes from the water quality.
The last Ironman Louisville was the 12th edition on October 14th, 2018. The swimming distance had to be shortened from 2.4 to 0.9 miles due to strong currents. The 14th edition, originally scheduled for October 11, 2020, had to be canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Course records
Andrew Starykowicz holds the course record with his winning time from 2017 with 8:10:11 hours. For women, the German Nina Kraft has held the record with 9:20:21 hours since 2009.
The American John Flanagan set a new record on the swim course (3.86 km) in 2009 with 44:54 minutes. Previously, TJ Tollakson held the record with a swimming time of 46:20 minutes from 2007.
Winners list
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(1) Swimming distance shortened to 0.9 miles in 2018
(2) Pure amateur competition without prize money and qualification options for professional triathletes
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New professional rules for the IRONMAN World Championships
- ↑ Katie Bauer: Extreme heat could shorten running portion of Ironman Louisville ( English ) In: Wave 3 News . 22nd August 2014.
- ↑ a b Julia Polloreno: Ironman Announces Redistribution of Prize Purse Money for 2015 ( English ) In: triathlon.competitor.com . August 3, 2014. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ As IRONMAN triathletes descend on Louisville next Sunday, state Division of Water assessing safety ( English ) In: Northern Kentucky News . 4th October 2015.
- ↑ Winners cross the finish line at 12th annual Ironman Louisville (October 14, 2018)
