Who is going to win the IRONMAN World Championship?

Everyone is asking who will win this years IRONMAN World Championship race so we've turned to IronmanLive co-presenter Michael Lovato for his thoughts.
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That’s the question everyone is asking? Well, we asked IronmanLive.com co-presenter Michael Lovato for his thoughts and analysis of how the race will play out.

Watch the video for his forecast of the men’s and women’s top five. Do you agree?!

Written by
John Levison
TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.

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