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IRONMAN WC at St George: Pro Men start list and bib numbers

The countdown is officially on to that huge showdown in Utah on May 7
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We take another small step closer now to the delayed 2021 IRONMAN World Championship set for St George, Utah, on May 7 2022 – while the list of athletes qualified to race has been known for a while, we now have the final start lists with bib numbers.

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Pro Men racing at St George

A total of 40 athletes are scheduled to start in the Men’s Pro race, with several notable withdrawals already known, including multiple winners Jan Frodeno and Patrick Lange. We can now add Spain’s Javier Gomez and Britain’s Joe Skipper to the list of known absentees with their hopes shattered by COVID-19.

On Friday, the very eve of the race, we had yet more bad news with both double 70.3 World Champion Gustav Iden and double Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee both being added to the list of high-profile absentees.

With defending champion Frodeno out, the only previous IRONMAN World Champion set to start for the men – Germany’s Sebastian Kienle – has been given the lowest start number (M2).

The Championship 2019 - Photo: Jose Luis Hourcade

Aside from 2014 Kona champion Kienle, the only previous IRONMAN World Championship podium finishers are Ben Hoffman (M4), Bart Aernouts (M8), Lionel Sanders (M16), David McNamee (M38).

The USA – with Sam Long arguably its top pick for podium success – leads the way in volume terms with eight athletes, followed by France and Germany with five each.

Start list and bib numbers – Pro Men

BIBFIRSTLASTCOUNTRY
M2SebastianKienleGER
M3GustavIdenNOR
M4BenHoffmanUSA
M5KristianBlummenfeltNOR
M6JoeSkipperGBR
M7BradenCurrieNZL
M8BartAernoutsBEL
M9ChrisLeifermanUSA
M10AlistairBrownleeGBR
M11JanVan BerkelSUI
M12MichaelWeissAUT
M14AndyPottsUSA
M15DanielBækkegårdDEN
M16LionelSandersCAN
M17SamLongUSA
M18FlorianAngertGER
M19KristianHogenhaugDEN
M21MatthewHansonUSA
M22DenisChevrotFRA
M23JavierGomezESP
M24AndreasDreitzGER
M25KyleSmithNZL
M26LeonChevalierFRA
M27CameronWurfAUS
M28SamLaidlowFRA
M29JustinMetzlerUSA
M30AndiBoechererGER
M31TylerButterfieldBER
M32MaxNeumannAUS
M33MattTrautmanRSA
M34ArnaudGuillouxFRA
M35BorisSteinGER
M37HenrikGoeschFIN
M38DavidMcNameeGBR
M39MattRussellUSA
M40PieterHeemeryckBEL
M41AdamFeighUSA
M42MattBurtonAUS
M43KevinPortmannFRA
M44PatrickNilssonSWE
M45PedroGomesPOR
M46JasonPohlUSA
M47MarioDe EliasARG
John Levison
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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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