Taylor Knibb will deal with an excellent field as she bids to finish a hat-trick of IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship success in New Zealand on Saturday December 14 (regional time).
The 26-year-old United States super star is still indulging in the splendor of being crowned the very first T100 Series World Champion after her impressive Grand Final triumph in Dubai last weekend. There is one significant reward still left to go for this season.
Knibb was amazing in declaring 70.3 Worlds triumphes in St George in 2022 and Lahti in 2023, and she will begin hot preferred for the threepeat in Taupō. She is unbeaten in every middle-distance race she lined up for up until now in 2024.
Kat Matthews chasing after title and big reward
Kat Matthews (GBR) and Imogen Simmonds (CHE) signed up with Knibb on the 2023 podium and will both be on the start line in Taupō, wanting to address least one much better than in 2015. Matthews has had an exceptionally effective year of racing, highlighted by ending up as runner-up at the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France in September.
Kat likewise presently sits 2nd in the IRONMAN Pro Series standings and requires to reverse a 257-point deficit to leader Jackie Hering (USA) to scoop an enormous $200k perk. Hering has actually finished her complete enhance of IRONMAN Pro Series races so can just switch out a lower scoring race, while Matthews still has one IRONMAN 70.3 rating to contribute to her overall, suggesting the British professional athlete has a big payday on the line along with titles. Simmonds on the other hand has actually had a year of blended outcomes however having actually ended up 3rd two times at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, she is never ever one to pass over on the greatest phase.
2024 Olympic silver medalist Julie Derron (CHE) has actually finished 3 IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons, ending up on the podium each time consisting of success at IRONMAN 70.3 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona this year. Derron will be one to view in Taupō and will seek to follow in the steps of her just recently retired compatriot Daniela Ryf, a five-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion.
Mild and Findlay include spice
Australian duo Ashleigh Gentle and Ellie Salthouse and Canada's Paula Findlay are 3 of the very best middle-distance professionals on the planet and will supply strong competitors to the similarity Knibb, Matthews, Simmonds and Derron.
Mild is a four-time IRONMAN 70.3 champ and two-time Olympian, while Salthouse is an 18-time IRONMAN 70.3 champ with triumphes in 2024 consisting of IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder and IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne. Like Salthouse in Boulder, Findlay has actually likewise won IRONMAN Pro Series races, her 2 triumphes coming at the Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship St. George triathlon and the IRONMAN 70.3 Mont-Tremblant triathlon. Findlay has actually likewise tasted success at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship race, ending up as runner-up in 2022.
Start List– who is racing 70.3 Worlds? Bib NumberFirst NameLast NameCountry1TaylorKnibbUSA2KatMatthewsGBR3ImogenSimmondsCHE4PaulaFindlayCAN6AshleighGentleAUS7EllieSalthouseAUS9JulieDerronCHE10JackieHeringUSA11MajaStage NielsenDNK12DanielleLewisUSA14AliceAlbertsUSA15LotteWilmsNLD16HannahBerryNZL17ElsVisserNLD18CarolinePohleDEU19SolveigLovsethNOR20LauraMadsenDNK21ElizabethBravoECU22GiorgiaPriaroneITA23MarleneDe BoerNLD24DanielaKleiserDEU25MartaSanchezESP26RebeccaClarkeNZL27SaraPerez SalaESP28DiedeDiederiksNLD29TamaraJewettCAN30ValerieBarthelemyBEL31LucyBuckinghamGBR32FionaMoriartyIRL33HannahKnightonNZL34HanneDe VetBEL35CeciliaPerezMEX38GraceThekAUS39JulieIemmoloFRA40NikkiBartlettGBR43SifBendix MadsenDNK44LuisaIogna PratITA45MartaLagownikPOL46GraceAlexanderUSA47JodieStimpsonGBR48LizzieRaynerGBR49LisaBecharasUSA50GabrielleLumkesUSA51AnnaBergstenSWE52LenaMeißnerDEU53EmilieMorierFRA54KristenMarchantCAN55BarbaraRiverosCHL56AmyCymermanUSA59CarolineShannonUSA60FranziskaHofmannDEU61EloiseDu LuartFRA62Ana MariaTorresECU IRONMAN Pro Series reaches climax
With the VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon acting as the last chance to score points in the IRONMAN Pro Series,
