Ironman Wales
 Ironman Wales
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| venue |
Tenby United Kingdom
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| First run | 2011 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
| Records | |
| distance |
 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 8:48:06 h, 2019 Arnaud Guilloux Women: 9:41:52 h, 2019 Simone Mitchell
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman Wales is a triathlon -Sportveranstaltung about the Ironman as distance (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Tenby in Wales Pembrokeshire in the United Kingdom .
organization
The Ironman Wales is part of the Ironman World Series of the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).
At the first event on September 11, 2011, there were almost 1300 athletes at the start. Amateurs at Ironman Wales can qualify for the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships) of the following year, which is also organized by the WTC, over forty qualification places distributed among the individual age groups .
For professional triathletes who can qualify for Hawaii via the Kona Pro Ranking System , a total of 25,000 US dollars in prize money is announced here.
Routing
- The swimming distance is in Carmarthen Bay on Tenby Town Beach . The athletes swim two laps on a 1.9 km circuit with shore leave after the first lap.
- The undulating bike course with 1530 hm goes over a loop through the area of Pembrokeshire and ends again at its starting point.
- From there the marathon distance goes over four laps on a 10.5 km course through the town of Tenby and the northern environs.
Winners list
(SR: course record)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Getting ready for the inaugural Ironman Wales (January 13, 2012)