Previous Ironman South Africa, first great Ironman of 2016. Bottom of Víctor de Corral

Next Sunday starts the first of the Ironman Continental Championships, the African with the Ironman South Africa, one of the most awarded points for Kona, 4000 the winner

The race is held in Port Elizabeth, the swimming is done one lap in the Nelson Mandela Bay, later cycling consists of 2 laps of 90km in a broken circuit round trip, with almost 700m of unevenness per lap. Finally the marathon will be 4 turns of 10,5km.

In the list of exit it is necessary to emphasize the absence of Jan Frodeno, who is initially registered but has resigned due to an injury, hopefully he will recover soon and see him in the Ironman Lanzarote as we announced a few days ago. Another last minute low is the Víctor del Corral who has told us that "I'm having leg problems and I'm not going to go. I do not want to force and I prefer to recover well. " 

With Víctor leaving, there will be no Spanish / PRO on the start list ... in one of the Ironmans where the Triarmada LD has shone in the last few seasons. Last year Iván Raña, Eneko Llanos and Víctor del Corral were 2nd, 5th and 9th respectively. In 2014 Miquel Blanchart was 8th and Saleta Castro 11th in 2013… However, above all, the victory of Clemente Alonso in 2012 stands out.

Therefore, in the male category, we must highlight the South Africans Mat Trautman y James Cunnama (4º and 10º in 2015), to the Dutch Bas Diederen (6º in 2015), the winner in Lanzarote 2014 Alesando Degasperi, to Czech Ronnie Schildknecht and the German Boris Stein.

In the feminine category they hope to repeat the triplet of 2015 the British Jodie Swallow, Lucy Gosse y Susie Cheetham, (1ª, 2ª and 3ª in 2015). Attention also to the German Diana Riesler winner in Malaysia and Lanzarote 2015.

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