The 2022 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship presented by Utah Sports Commission is returning to St. George, Utah. The two days of racing will feature nearly 100 professionals and 6,000 registered age-group athletes on Friday, October 28 as professional and age-group women take the course – followed by the professional and age-group men on Saturday, October 29.
Live coverage of 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will air exclusively on Outside Watch. (Access to the channel is usually priced at US$5 per month; although this is currently reduced to a fee of US$2.49 per month.)
Hosts Michael Lovato and Dede Griesbauer will be calling the action in studio on both days, as analysts Greg Welch and Matt Lieto report from the racecourse. Special on-course guests will also join the broadcast, including past IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, Mirinda Carfrae.
The live coverage will include:
- 07:00 MT – Pre-race show
- 07:30 MT – Race Start – Professional Athletes
- 11:30 MT – Estimated finish time for the female winner on Friday, October 28, 2022
- Coverage of the professional female podium to follow
- 11:00 MT – Estimated finish time for the male winner on Saturday, October 29, 2022
- Coverage of the professional male podium to follow
- Post-Race Show after the professional podium ceremony
- Live finish line camera for all the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship age-group finishers
A strong field of nearly 100 professional triathletes from around the globe will converge in St George, Utah. The professional field will feature defending champions, Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) and Gustav Iden (NOR).
A stacked field of professional women include Olympic Gold medallist Flora Duffy (BMU), Taylor Knibb (USA), Paula Findlay (CAN), and host of athletes from the United Kingdom, including Emma Pallant-Browne, Holly Lawrence, and Nikki Bartlett among others.
Gustav Iden’s countrymate, Kristian Blummenfelt, America’s Ben Kanute, Sam Long, and dark horse Eric Lagerstrom plus a whole host of other talented male athletes including Miki Taagholt (DEN), and Frederic Funk (DEU), will look to dethrone Iden on Saturday.
The 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will kick off with a 1.2-mile (1.9km) ROKA Swim Course, which takes place in Sand Hollow Reservoir located in Sand Hollow State Park in Hurricane, Utah.
A challenging 56-mile (91.3km) FULGAZ Bike Course follows and will lead athletes through desert landscapes with 3,201 feet (1,003m) of elevation gain and a climb into Snow Canyon State Park and surrounding Washington County.
The 13.1-mile (21.2km) HOKA Run Course will take athletes on two loops through the Red Hills Parkway and wind through historic downtown St George where the finish line is located.
