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Alistair Brownlee adds IRONMAN Austria option as he bids to book Nice spot

Double Olympic champion could head to Austria as he looks to seal his place at the IRONMAN World Championship.
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STRENGTH. ENDURANCE. PERFORMANCE.

It’s just been confirmed that Alistair Brownlee is on the start list for IRONMAN Austria on June 18th.

The double Olympic champion had been scheduled to take on Jan Frodeno and co at IRONMAN Hamburg last weekend.

But a few days before he admitted the race would come too soon, saying: “After a tough few weeks, my body has struggled to be ready in time for this race. My focus now shifts to a later Ironman which I’ll confirm soon.”

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Two obvious options are Austria and IRONMAN France a week later.

The latter event takes place on many of the same roads that will be used for the first men’s IRONMAN World Championship to be held in Nice this September, for which Brownlee still needs to qualify.

There are three places on offer in Nice and two up for grabs at the Austrian race in Klagenfurt.

Alistair Brownlee Kalmar 2022 win photo credit Getty Images for IRONMAN
[Photo credit: Getty Images for IRONMAN]

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And looking at the Austria start list, Brownlee would appear to be the strong favourite if he takes part.

Bib numbers one to three in a 41-strong men’s field are last year’s podium of Ivan Tutukin (KAZ), Michael Weiss (AUT) and Lukasz Wojt (GER), who is invariably at or very near the front in the swim.

Tutukin’s 2:47 marathon saw him land the spoils that day with an overall time of 8:17:21 but of that trio only Weiss at #81 is in the top 100 of the latest PTO world rankings.

France’s Arnaud Guilloux (#53), INEOS Grenadiers pro cyclist Cam Wurf (#41) and Mathias Petersen (#39) are other interesting contenders but Brownlee is the only one in the current top 25 of the standings.

He started his campaign with a sixth-placed finish at the PTO Tour European Open and has since won XTERRA Weston Park. Last year he set the fastest time in an IRONMAN race by a British athlete when winning at Kalmar.

Jonathan Turner
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Jonathan Turner
Jonathan Turner is News Director for both TRI247 and RUN247, and is accustomed to big-name interviews, breaking news stories and providing unrivalled coverage for endurance sports.  
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