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These are our favorites for victory:
The big favorite is the German, Ironman World Champion in 2015–2016 and with victories this year at the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona and the Ironman of Austria.
Second last year and winner in 2014, has managed this year to be the triathlete KPR more points with a win at Ironman Frankfurt, where he won for the third time European Champion title.
Third last year, he has suffered an injury this year that has had him standing for several months, and reappeared in Frankfurt with an 2: 39 marathon. He appears in the test with a recent victory in the Ironman 70.3 Reugen in 3: 43.
Fourth last year, he got his qualification in the Ironman South Africa down from the 8 hours, will participate for the eighth time in this test, where he will fight to be on the podium.
In 2017 he was third in South Africa this year and has won the Ironman 70.3 Dublin, Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and Challenge Salou.
Sixth last year and this year winner of the Boulder Ironman will also be one of the triathletes to consider
Champion in 2013, is a great runner and will surely be fighting with the best of the test.
The Skechers athlete, winner of the Arizona Ironman with 7:44:29 in 2016 and who won the LD World ITU Championship and Championship Challenge , the Ironman 70.3 Sant George and the Ironman 70.3 Buenos Aires
The big favorite for victory is the Swiss Ironman World Champion in 2015-2016 and with victories this year at the Ironman South Africa under 9 hours, Challenge Roth and recently at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship.
Some of the triathletes that will have to follow closely in the test will be the following ones;
Third last year in Kona, this year he broke the record in Ironman Lake Placid, was second in Ironman Boulder and won the Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga, Heather is one of Daniela's great rivals.
Winner of the ITU LD World Cup this year, she comes with a triplet of victories since we must add those achieved at the Ironman in Frankfurt and Caims. Which makes it one of the favorites to fight for the highest.
The young 24-year-old Skechers triathlete has won this year the Challenge Lisbon , The Championship Challenge and the Ironman Lanzarote, with a cycling record included, in addition to being second in the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt and in the Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote. She is a very strong triathlete in the water and on the bike, although her weakest point is running, although she has already shown that in the Lanzarote Ironman she adapts well to the conditions of humidity and heat.
He was fifth last year in Kona, and this year he has achieved a second place in the Ironman of South Africa, coming down from the 9 hours sub 3 in the marathon, he has also been fourth in the LD World ITU Championship
Seventh in 2015 and 2016 in Kona, this year he was second in the Ironman of Cairns and first in the 70.3 of Quing. His weak point is swimming which marks the rest of his career.
It was sixth last year in Kona and the year has won the Ironman Cozumel and third in Austria.
It reappears this year after being a mother last year, Rachel has been podium in 3 occasions in Kona (2 2015, 3 2014, 2 2013), she comes without expectations and wanting to make the best race possible.
As for the Spanish Ivan was better Spanish last year and this 2017 participates for the fifth time in Kona. In 2013, the year of his debut, Ivan got a great 6 position, with 8: 23: 43 and doing the best time in the marathon of all the participants.
This year he has not competed much, since after his ninth place last year he had practically his classification assured, although last August he got a fourth place in the Ironman 70.3 Zell am See and is very focused on the test and will fight to be what highest possible.
Eneko has the best Spanish mark in Kona, with 8:20:50, time that served him to be 2nd in 2008, the best result of a Spanish triathlete in the most important triathlon in the world. Eneko has been the best Spanish in Hawaii 4 more times in the last 10 years, dropping from 8:30:00 on three occasions and this time it will be his 12th participation in the test in a season where he was classified "in extremis".
Eneko this year was second in Ironman Austria, fifth in Ironman France, and eighth in Iroman 70.3 Dublin last August.
As for the girls, she has only qualified and has had a great year 2017 with a second place in the Ironman 70.3 Augusta last September, in addition to having achieved a 4th place in the Ironman Brazil, which meant her classification for Kona, a fifth in the Ironman South Africa and sixth in the 70.3 Pays d´Aix.
Timetable (Spain)
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