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Four IRONMAN World Champions will be on the starting line in Kona

La star list for the World Championship HOMBRE DE HIERRO in Kona, Hawaii, has been announced, and the men's field promises to offer an exciting race.

This coming October 26, more than 50 professional athletes will compete for the prize pool of U.S. dollar 375.000, with the winner taking U.S. dollar 125.000.

The favourites in the fight for the title

Sam Laidlow, the reigning IRONMAN world champion, tops the list. The Frenchman won last year in Nice and finished second in the 2022 race in Kona, behind the Norwegian Gustav Iden and ahead of his compatriot Kristian Blummenfelt, who had won the 2021 world championship edition (held in May 2022 in St. George, Utah).

Laidlow has shown excellent form in recent months, winning the race T100 London in July and obtaining second place in T100 Ibiza.

Gustav Iden, who won IRONMAN 70.3 world titles in 2019 and 2021 in addition to his victory at Kona 2022, has been injured for much of the past two years.

However, he is returning to his best level, having won the Challenge Turku in July and recently achieving second place behind Blummenfelt in the Challenge Samarkand.

For its part, Kristian Blummenfelt bounced back from a disappointing Olympics to take victory in the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt two weeks later.

The fourth world champion in the competition is the German Patrick Lange, winner in Kona in 2017 and 2018. Lange finished second behind laidlow in Nice last year and won the IRONMAN North American Championship in Texas in May.

Podium contenders

These four world champions will have their work cut out for them, as the field also includes several title contenders.

Among them are the Danish Magnus ditlev (third last year in Nice), the American Rudy von berg (fourth last year) and the French Leon chevalier, who completed the top five in Nice.

Other podium contenders include American Matt Hanson, who currently leads the IRONMAN Professional Series, and his compatriot Trevor foleyWinner of IRONMAN Lake Placid.

Canadian Lionel Sanders, who won the IRONMAN Canada In August, he will look to improve on his two second places in the world championship (2017 in Kona and 2022 in St. George).

The SpanishI Antonio Benito, our only representative will have the number 18.

The complete list of professionals

BIB Athlete Country
1 Sam Laidlow French
2 Patrick Lange German
3 Magnus ditlev Denmark
4 Gustav Iden Norway
5 Kristian Blummenfelt Norway
6 Rudy von berg United States
7 Leon chevalier French
8 Arthur Horseau French
9 Bradley Weiss South Africa
10 Gregory barnaby Italian
11 robert wilkowiecki Poland
12 Clement Mignon French
14 Matt Burton Australia
15 rasmus svenningsson Sweden
16 Stenn Goetstouwers Belgium
17 Trevor foley United States
18 Anthony Benito Lopez Spain
19 Michael Weiss Austria
20 Sam Appleton Australia
21 Denis Chevrot French
22 Pieter Heemeryck Belgium
23 Daniel Bækkegård Denmark
24 Reinaldo Colucci Brazil
25 Steven Mckenna Australia
27 Matt Hanson United States
28 Arnaud Guilloux French
29 Jackson Laundry Canada
30 Chris Leiferman United States
31 robert callin Sweden
32 Matthew Marquardt United States
33 Paul Schuster German
34 Jonas hoffmann German
35 Kristian Høgenhaug Denmark
36 Andre lopes Brazil
37 Braden Currie New Zealand
38 Mathias Petersen Denmark
39 Lionel Sanders Canada
40 Thor Bendix Madsen Denmark
41 Nick Thompson Australia
42 Tristan Olij Netherlands
43 Mike Phillips New Zealand
44 Jason pohl Canada
45 Tomasz Szala Poland
46 David McNamee United Kingdom
47 Kieran Lindars United Kingdom
48 menno koolhaas Netherlands
49 Kacper Stepniak Poland
50 Finn Große-Freese German
51 Ben hamilton New Zealand
52 leonard arnold German
53 Ben Kanute United States
54 Cameron Wurf Australia
55 Dylan magnien French
56 Igor Amorelli Brazil

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