Freitag, 7. Oktober 2016

Predictions and where and how to watch 2016 IRONMAN Hawaii Triathlon - weather will factor in as always!

As every year since 1998 a brief and crisp outlook and guess on the 2016 IRONMAN World Championship race. So, who is gonna win, based on last years Kona performance and overall progress the last 12 months? Putting  controversial race marshall judging or mysterious technical issues right in or out of T1 aside all eyes are for sure on Mirinda Carfrae and Daniela Ryf as well as Sebastian Kienle and Jan Frodeno. Looking up into the Kona sky, one could wonder, if we'll see similar conditions as in 2006. Cloud, very mild temperatures down to 79°F and fair not strong Mumuku winds. If this will happen, Ironman Hawaii 2016 could be the sub8 hours men's winning performance and the day of the big and heavier athletes and fast runs cross the board to shine.
Who will win the 2016 IRONMAN Hawaii Triathlon World Championship? Photo: 3athlon.org

When and where to watch?
If you're not already on Big Island, Hawaii you can access live coverage at www.ironman.com at local Hawaiian time zone. German television broadcaster are airing a mix out of live stream (hessenschau.de) and national (ARD) and regional (hr fernsehen) tv stations - worth to watch and stay up all night.

Est. schedule
6:25am Start male pro field
6:30am Start female pro field

+/- 7:15am 1st male in T1 (swim-bike transition)
+/- 7:22am 1st female in T1 (swim-bike transition)
+/- 11:40am 1st male in T2 (bike-run transition)
+/- 12:15pm 1st female in T2 (bike-run transition)
+/- 2:30pm 1st male finish
+/- 3:25pm 1st female finish

Don't forget to tune in on OCT 8th 2016 at www.ironman.com or at your local broadcaster like ARD/hessenfernsehen.

2016 Men's Ironman Hawaii predictions

  1. Jan Frodeno (course record)
  2. Sebastian Kienle
  3. Andy Potts
  4. Andreas Böcherer
  5. Timothy O'Donnell
  6. Andreas Raelert
  7. Brent McMahon
  8. Frederik van Lierde
  9. Lionel Sanders
  10. Ben Hoffmann

2016 Women's Ironman Hawaii predictions

  1. Daniela Ryf
  2. Mirinda Carfrae
  3. Melissa Hauschildt
  4. Leanda Cave 
  5. Heather Jackson
  6. Julia Gajer
  7. Jodie Swallow
  8. Linsey Corbi
  9. Mary Beth Ellis
  10. Anja Beranek

Changelog: Mary Beth Ellis set a few places back (from 6.) due cold/infection.

2016 Men's Ironman Hawaii results

  1. Jan Frodeno (GER) 8:06:30
  2. Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:10:02
  3. Patrick Lange (GER) 8:11:14
  4. Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:13:00
  5. Andreas Böcherer (GER) 8:13:25
  6. Timothy O'Donnell (USA) 8:16:20
  7. Boris Stein (GER) 8:16:56
  8. Bart Aernouts (BEL) 8:20:30
  9. Ivan Raña (ESP) 8:21:51
  10. Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:21:59
  11. Andy Potts (USA) 8:25:35
  12. Matt Russell (USA) 8:25:52
  13. David NcNamee (GBR) 8:28:05
  14. Marko Albert (EST) 8:28:20
  15. Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 8:29:11

2016 Women's Ironman Hawaii results

  1. Daniela Ryf (SUI) 8:46:46
  2. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:10:30
  3. Heather Jackson (USA) 9:11:32
  4. Anja Beranek (GER) 9:14:26
  5. Kaisa Lehtonen (FIN) 9:15:40
  6. Michelle Vesterby (DEN) 9:19:05
  7. Sarah Piampiano (USA) 9:22:31
  8. Lucy Gossage (GBR) 9:25:57
  9. Asa Lundstrom (SWE) 9:22:59
  10. Carrie Lester (AUS) 9:28:17
  11. Camilla Pedersen (DEN) 9:31:15
  12. Heather Wurtele (CAN) 9:32:51
  13. Linsey Corbin (USA) 9:33:51
  14. Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:38:52
  15. Sarah Crowley (AUS) 9:42:34

Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2016

How Ironman helped Olympic Triathlon debuting in Sydney 2000

Lew Friedland, World Triathlon Corporation's 2nd president and involved in the acquisition of Ironman Hawaii from founder Valerie Silk for Dr. James P. Gills tells from the very early days. The 2016 Ironman Hall of Fame inductee shared some stories with Hallo of Famer Bob Babbitt about Ironman Lake Placid, Florida and Oceanside as well as how he helped get Triathlon into Olympics. He looked back to ongoing lawsuits with International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the then president Les McDonald, the involvement of IOC's Dick Pound, USOC's Peter Ueberroth and secret negotiations. A worthy way back then video on the history of the sport. While watching this interview, a reader should keep in mind, that Ironman was lobbying very hard at that time for inclusion into the Olympics (as well).