Ironman UK
 Ironman UK
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Bolton (since 2009) Sherborne (2005–2008) United Kingdom 
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| First run | 2005 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 8:24:34 h, 2011 Aaron Farlow Women: 9:26:05 h, 2016 Lucy Gossage
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman UK is an annual in July or August Triathlon -Sportveranstaltung about the Ironman as distance (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Bolton in the UK .
organization
As early as 1991 and 1992 in Great Britain at the "Ironbridge Triathlon" over the middle distance in Shropshire a qualification for the Ironman Hawaii was possible, later the British had to qualify again outside Great Britain in order to start at the birthplace of the brand.
On September 9, 2001, BIG Triathlon Ltd. for the first time under license from the WTC the Bluesure Half Ironman Triathlon Llanberis UK in Llanberis ( Wales ), with 30 qualifying places for the Ironman Hawaii 2002 and with a total of 25,000 US dollars, the highest prize money in the history of the British triathlon.
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Although the event was named "Event of the Year" by the British Triathlon Association, after the event there were reports of high losses by the organizer, the website disappeared and even months later there was still no registration option. The WTC canceled the license agreement and concluded a new one with “Worldmasters Marketing”, who carried out the event with the same concept on September 8, 2002 with 30 qualifying places for Hawaii 2003 and 25,000 US dollars in prize money. The goal was announced to expand the event to one over the full Ironman distance.
In 2003, according to the WTC, based on a survey of participants, the venue was moved from Wales to Sherborne in southern England. Ron Thorne replaced Ron Bell as race director. In 2005, the length of the Half Ironman UK in Sherborne was doubled and the event continued under the name Ironman UK from August 21, 2005. In 2009 the venue was relocated 400 km north to Bolton near Manchester. The only 20-year-old Briton Philip Graves won this race as the youngest winner to date - at his first start over the Ironman distance.
The Ironman UK is part of the Ironman World Series of the World Triathlon Corporation . Amateurs have the opportunity to qualify for the Ironman World Championship at Ironman Hawaii over forty qualification places allocated here . Professional triathletes competing for a total of 50,000 US dollars in prize money in Bolton can use the Kona Pro Ranking System to collect points for a qualification for Ironman Hawaii. The winners in Bolton receive 2000 points, further places a correspondingly reduced number of points. Hawaii has the most points (8000), followed by u. a. Ironman Germany (Frankfurt) and Ironman Texas (4000). Other full-distance Ironman races award either 1000 or 2000 points for victory.
The tenth event in Bolton was here on July 15, 2018. Due to forest fires in the region, the bike distance had to be shortened from 112 to 95 miles.
Route
- The 3.86 km (2.4 mile) swim has been held in Wigan since 2010 .
- The 180.2 km (112 mile) bike course is a two-part circuit. The record on the women's bike course was achieved in July 2011 by the German Diana Riesler with 5:25:56 h.
- The running route over the marathon distance runs here on a circuit to be completed three times.
The course record was set in 2011 by the Australian Aaron Farlow with his winning time of 8:24:34 h.
Winners list
Ironman UK in Bolton
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* Shortened cycling distance in 2018: 95 instead of 112 miles
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Results from 2001 to 2004 in Sherborne and Llanberis see UK Ironman 70.3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rob Docherty: Half Ironman UK . In: xtri.com . Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ Website of the bluesure Half Ironman Triathlon Llanberis UK . Archived from the original on August 15, 2001.
- ^ Rob Docherty: Growing Pains for Ironman . In: xtri.com . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ironman UK Triathlon . World Triathlon Corporation. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002.
- ^ Ironman UK Triathlon . WTC. Archived from the original on August 13, 2003.
- ↑ IRONMAN UK TRIATHLON NAMES NEW MAN TO TOP SPOT . Archived from the original on March 9, 2003.
- ^ Sherborne Castle blamed in Ironman row . In: Western Daily Press . December 5, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ From 112 miles to 95: wildfires impact IRONMAN UK 2018 (July 11, 2018)
- ↑ IMUK: last 150 spots!
