A field of more than 110 female and male professional triathletes will line up in Taupō, New Zealand, to contest the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship title.
The women will race on Saturday December 14, 2024, and the men a day later on Sunday December 15, 2024, with a total professional prize purse of US$500,000 up for grabs.
IRONMAN reports that over 6,000 age-group athletes will join the professionals as they look to be crowned world champion in their respective age-group divisions.
The professional races in Taupō are expected to see returning champions go head-to-head with Olympic medallists and middle-distance specialists for the coveted title of IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, with the winner taking home US$75,000.
Live race day coverage of the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon will be broadcast for free across multiple platforms for international viewers. This includes: proseries.ironman.com, DAZN, YouTube, Outside TV exclusively for the US and Canada, L’Équipe Live in France, iQIYI in China and beIN Sports for the Middle East, North Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, amongst others.
The VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon is also the culmination of the inaugural IRONMAN Pro Series and the last chance for professional athletes to score points towards their final standings, with a maximum of 3,000 points on offer to the winners in Taupō.
At the conclusion of both professional races in Taupō, the first-ever IRONMAN Pro Series Champions will be crowned, with the female and male winners earning a bonus payout of US$200,000 each. A total bonus prize pool of US$1.7 million will be shared among those finishing in the IRONMAN Pro Series top 50 in each gender.
Professional start lists (subject to change)
| Female pro athlete field | |||
| Bib number | First name | Last name | Country |
| 1 | Taylor | Knibb | USA |
| 2 | Kat | Matthews | GBR |
| 3 | Imogen | Simmonds | CHE |
| 4 | Paula | Findlay | CAN |
| 6 | Ashleigh | Gentle | AUS |
| 7 | Ellie | Salthouse | AUS |
| 9 | Julie | Derron | CHE |
| 10 | Jackie | Hering | USA |
| 11 | Maja | Stage Nielsen | DNK |
| 12 | Danielle | Lewis | USA |
| 14 | Alice | Alberts | USA |
| 15 | Lotte | Wilms | NLD |
| 16 | Hannah | Berry | NZL |
| 17 | Els | Visser | NLD |
| 18 | Caroline | Pohle | DEU |
| 19 | Solveig | Lovseth | NOR |
| 20 | Laura | Madsen | DNK |
| 21 | Elizabeth | Bravo | ECU |
| 22 | Giorgia | Priarone | ITA |
| 23 | Marlene | De Boer | NLD |
| 24 | Daniela | Kleiser | DEU |
| 25 | Marta | Sanchez | ESP |
| 26 | Rebecca | Clarke | NZL |
| 27 | Sara | Perez Sala | ESP |
| 28 | Diede | Diederiks | NLD |
| 29 | Tamara | Jewett | CAN |
| 30 | Valerie | Barthelemy | BEL |
| 31 | Lucy | Buckingham | GBR |
| 32 | Fiona | Moriarty | IRL |
| 33 | Hannah | Knighton | NZL |
| 34 | Hanne | De Vet | BEL |
| 35 | Cecilia | Perez | MEX |
| 38 | Grace | Thek | AUS |
| 39 | Julie | Iemmolo | FRA |
| 40 | Nikki | Bartlett | GBR |
| 43 | Sif | Bendix Madsen | DNK |
| 44 | Luisa | Iogna Prat | ITA |
| 45 | Marta | Lagownik | POL |
| 46 | Grace | Alexander | USA |
| 47 | Jodie | Stimpson | GBR |
| 48 | Lizzie | Rayner | GBR |
| 49 | Lisa | Becharas | USA |
| 50 | Gabrielle | Lumkes | USA |
| 51 | Anna | Bergsten | SWE |
| 52 | Lena | Meißner | DEU |
| 53 | Emilie | Morier | FRA |
| 54 | Kristen | Marchant | CAN |
| 55 | Barbara | Riveros | CHL |
| 56 | Amy | Cymerman | USA |
| 59 | Caroline | Shannon | USA |
| 60 | Franziska | Hofmann | DEU |
| 61 | Eloise | Du Luart | FRA |
| 62 | Ana Maria | Torres | ECU |
| Male pro athlete field | |||
| Bib number | First name | Last name | Country |
| 1 | Rico | Bogen | DEU |
| 3 | Mathis | Margirier | FRA |
| 4 | Keulen | Youri | NLD |
| 5 | Marc | Dubrick | USA |
| 6 | Josh | Amberger | AUS |
| 8 | Hayden | Wilde | NZL |
| 9 | Leo | Bergere | FRA |
| 11 | Matt | Hanson | USA |
| 12 | Matthew | Marquardt | USA |
| 14 | Gregory | Barnaby | ITA |
| 15 | Kristian | Hogenhaug | DNK |
| 16 | Kyle | Smith | NZL |
| 18 | Casper | Stornes | NOR |
| 19 | Braden | Currie | NZL |
| 20 | Jason | West | USA |
| 21 | Ruben | Zepuntke | DEU |
| 23 | Antony | Costes | FRA |
| 24 | Jelle | Geens | BEL |
| 25 | Mitch | Kibby | AUS |
| 26 | Ari | Klau | USA |
| 27 | Nick | Thompson | AUS |
| 28 | Caleb | Noble | AUS |
| 29 | Sam | Osborne | NZL |
| 30 | Harry | Palmer | GBR |
| 31 | Federico | Scarabino | URY |
| 32 | Henri | Schoeman | ZAF |
| 33 | Armando | Matute | ECU |
| 34 | Wilhelm | Hirsch | DEU |
| 35 | Colin | Szuch | USA |
| 36 | Kacper | Stepniak | POL |
| 38 | Mike | Phillips | NZL |
| 39 | Strahinja | Trakic | SRB |
| 41 | Ben | Hamilton | NZL |
| 42 | Thomas | Davis | GBR |
| 43 | Hunter | Lussi | USA |
| 44 | Eduardo | Perez Sandi | MEX |
| 45 | Justus | Nieschlag | DEU |
| 46 | Max | Stapley | GBR |
| 47 | Jack | Moody | NZL |
| 48 | Thomas | Bishop | GBR |
| 49 | Nicholas | Quenet | ZAF |
| 50 | Kurt | McDonald | AUS |
| 52 | Johannes | Vogel | DEU |
| 53 | Michael | Arishita | USA |
| 54 | Jannik | Schaufler | DEU |
| 55 | Gregory | Harper | USA |
| 56 | Dieter | Comhair | BEL |
| 58 | Joao | Ferreira | PRT |
| 59 | Calvin | Amos | AUS |
| 60 | Nicholas | Free | AUS |
| 61 | Marty | Andrie | USA |
| 62 | Martin | Ulloa | CHL |
| 63 | Christoph | Mattner | DEU |
| 64 | Matthew | Ralphs | ZAF |
