Iván Raña and Gurutze Frades classified for Kona 2017

31 July 2017Updated on July 31, 2017

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Today the first list of triathletes classified for the Hawaii Ironman World Championship has been known (35 men and 28 women, plus the continental champions and Kona winners from previous years). Gurutze Frades e Ivan Raña the only Spaniards classified at the moment.

Meanwhile Ivan Raña he has achieved 3740 points being the 42nd triathlete in the KPR Ranking. Raña added the most points in the Kona World Cup last year where he was 9th (3445) and the rest have been in the 70.3 of Barcelona (220), the 70.3 of Peru (45) and in the IM of Austria (30) . The 2002 ITU world champion will compete in Hawaii for the 5th time, being the second Spaniard with the most participations in Kona, only surpassed by 11 in Eneko Llanos.

Finally we want to highlight three triathletes who still have mathematical options to be in the Ironman World Championship, Eneko Llanos has 2.910 points in the 54 position, Miquel Blanchart with 2.245 in the 66 position and Carlos López with 2.215 in the 67 position. Miquel and Carlos will try their assault on "Mecca" in the next Ironman of Limburg and Hamburg respectively.

As far as Eneko is concerned, the Basque triathlete himself already announced on his social networks that "nor it will be bad for me to spend a different October"So we understand that he will not compete during the next weeks, giving up trying to be in Kona for 12 consecutive time.

Masculine KPR

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	COUNTRY	RACES	TOTAL POINTS
^Q 1.	Sebastian	Kienle	DEU	4	14,985*
^Q 2.	Jan	Frodeno	DEU	3	10,750*
^Q 3.	Benjamin	Hoffman	USA	4	10,655*
4.	Andi	Boecherer	DEU	4	10,565*
5.	Patrick	Swaddle	DEU	2	8,150*
6.	Timothy	Odonnell	USA	4	7,665*
^Q 7.	Frederik	Van Lierde	BEL	4	7,535*
^Q 8.	Tim	Don	GBR	3	6,515*
9.	Kyle	Buckingham	ZAF	4	6,450*
10.	Andy	Potts	USA	4	6,335*
11.	Terenzo	Bozzone	NZL	4	6,225*
^Q 12.	Matthew	Hanson	USA	4	6,210*
13.	Matthew	Russell	USA	4	6,010*
14.	Boris	Stein	DEU	2	5,920*
15.	Bart	Aernouts	BEL	2	5,825*
16.	Nicholas	Kastelein	AUS	4	5,690*
^Q 17.	Josh	Amberger	AUS	4	5,660*
18.	Braden	Currie	NZL	3	5,640*
19.	David	Mcnamee	GBR	3	5,540*
20.	Ronnie	Schildknecht	CHE	4	5,450*
21.	Tim	Reed	AUS	3	5,240*
22.	Nils	Frommhold	DEU	3	5,235*
23.	Patrik	Nilsson	SWE	3	5,070*
24.	Joe	Gambles	USA	4	4,985*
25.	Tyler	Butterfield	BMU	3	4,915*
26.	Ruedi	It	CHE	4	4,910*
27.	Lionel	Sanders	CAN	4	4,905*
28.	Brent	Mcmahon	CAN	4	4,830*
29.	Ivan	Tutukin	RUS	4	4,730*
30.	William	Clarke	GBR	4	4,645*
31.	David	Dellow	AUS	4	4,610*
32.	Cyril	Viennot	FRA	4	4,485*
33.	Marko	Albert	EST	4	4,415*
34.	Alessandro	Degasperi	ITA	4	4,290*
35.	James	Cunnama	ZAF	4	4,180*
36.	Tim	Van Berkel	AUS	4	3,955*
37.	Igor	Amorelli	BRA	4	3,933*
38.	Thiago	Vinhal	BRA	4	3,920*
39.	David	Plese	SVN	4	3,775*
40.	Marc	Duelsen	DEU	4	3,765*
41.	Jan	Van Berkel	CHE	4	3,755*
42.	Ivan	Rana	ESP	4	3,740*
43.	Kirill	Kotsegarov	EST	3	3,710*
44.	Reinaldo	Colucci	BRA	3	3,705*
45.	Patrick	Evoe	USA	4	3,500*
46.	Daniel	Fontana	ITA	4	3,445*
47.	Jesse	Thomas	USA	4	3,420*
48.	Giulio	Molinari	ITA	4	3,395*
49.	Denis	Chevrot	FRA	4	3,390*
50.	Michael	Fox	AUS	4	3,355*

The Basque Guru Frades has achieved 4915 points ranking 28ª position of the KPR Ranking. Guru added most points in the IM of Brazil (2455) and the one of South Africa (2090). He also joined the 70.3 Pays d'Aix (135) in addition to those of Kona 2016 (235).

KPR FEMININE

RANK	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	COUNTRY	RACES	TOTAL POINTS
^Q 1.	Daniela	Ryf	CHE	4	14,935*
^Q 2.	Sarah	Crowley	AUS	4	10,875*
3.	Kaisa	Sali	END	4	10,275*
4.	Sarah	Piampiano	USA	4	9,570*
5.	Heather	Jackson	USA	4	9,080*
6.	Michelle	Vesterby	DNK	3	8,005*
^Q 7.	Susie	Cheetham	GBR	4	7,930*
8.	Lucy	Gossage	GBR	4	7,475*
9.	Mirinda	Carfrae	AUS	1	7,200
10.	Anja	Beranek	DEU	2	6,905*
11.	Michaela	Herlbauer	TUE	4	6,595*
12.	Linsey	Corbin	USA	4	6,405*
13.	Elizabeth	Lyles	USA	4	6,270*
14.	Annabel	Luxford	AUS	4	5,830*
15.	Laura	Siddall	GBR	4	5,720*
16.	Carrie	Ballast	AUS	3	5,535*
17.	Lucy	Charles	GBR	3	5,515*
18.	Astrid	They are	DEU	4	5,495*
19.	Heather	Würtele	CAN	3	5,420
20.	Alexandra	Tondeur	BEL	4	5,290*
21.	Camilla	Pedersen	DNK	4	5,235*
22.	Åsa	Lundström	SWE	4	5,205*
^Q 23.	Jodie	Robertson	USA	4	5,110*
24.	Sonja Vlaar	Tajsich	DEU	2	5,070*
25.	Dimity-lee	Duke	AUS	4	5,070*
26.	Mareen	hooves	DEU	4	5,050*
27.	Maja	Nielsen	DNK	4	4,925*
28.	Gurutze	Friars	ESP	4	4,915*
29.	Alice	Kaye	USA	4	4,870*
30.	Diana	Riesler	DEU	4	4,785*
31.	Melissa	Hauschildt	AUS	2	4,700*
32.	Holly	Lawrence	GBR	2	4,500
33.	Céline	Schärer	CHE	4	4,485*
34.	Catherine	Grohmann	DEU	4	4,470*
35.	Lauren	Brandon	USA	4	4,425*

With this classification Guru becomes the first Spanish to qualify for the second time to the Kona World Championship with the new KPR classification system.

Photos: @ivanranafuentes and @gurutzefrades

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