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IRONMAN World Championship start list and bib numbers for Nice 2024 showdown

A stellar field is set to line up on the Cote d'Azur on Sunday September 22.
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The 2024 IRONMAN World Championship field lost one of its main contenders on Saturday with Lucy Charles-Barclay forced to pull out through injury.

The British superstar had been due to defend the title she won in Kona last year as the race moves to Nice on the French Riviera for this year’s showpiece. But on Saturday the 30-year-old great revealed the news that a muscle injury would stop her lining up.

Now the favourites will be headed by German great Anne Haug, 2019 champion in Kona and fresh off setting the fastest ever time for the Ironman distance – a blistering 8:02:38 at Challenge Roth in June.

Another previous champion will also line up on the Cote d’Azur in the shape of 2022 victor, America’s Chelsea Sodaro. Meanwhile Britain’s Kat Matthews will aim to go one better than she did when chasing Daniela Ryf home in the 2021 edition in St George.

Germany’s Laura Philipp, third behind LCB and Haug last year, will also be on the start line on September 22.

Lucy Charles-Barclay IRONMAN World Championship Kona 2023 Finish
Lucy Charles-Barclay, winner in 2023, will miss Sunday’s 2024 showdown in Nice (Getty Images for IRONMAN).
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Start list and bib numbers

The field for Nice looks like this:

Bib NumberFirst NameLast NameCountry
1LucyCharles-BarclayGBR
2AnneHaugDEU
3LauraPhilippDEU
4ChelseaSodaroUSA
6KatMatthewsGBR
7JackieHeringUSA
8DanielleLewisUSA
9AliceAlbertsUSA
10FenellaLangridgeGBR
11HannahBerryNZL
12GurutzeFrades Larralde ESP
14ReganHollioakeAUS
15MarjolainePierréFRA
16Marlene HelenDe BoerNLD
17MartaSanchezESP
18MajaStage NielsenDNK
19KylieSimpsonAUS
20DanielaBleymehlDEU
21ErinSchenkelsCAN
22LotteWilmsNLD
23ElsVisserNLD
24GiorgiaPriaroneITA
25LaurenBrandonUSA
26PennySlaterAUS
27JulieIemmoloFRA
28KatharinaWolffDEU
29ElisabettaCurridoriITA
30RebeccaClarkeNZL
31SimoneMitchellGBR
32AiUedaJPN
33RuthAstleGBR
34RachelZilinskasUSA
35LauraJansenDEU
36KatrineGræsbøll ChristensenDNK
37DianaCastillo FrancoCOL
38FionaMoriartyIRL
39NinaDerronCHE
40NikkiBartlettGBR
41BarboraBesperatCZE
42MerleBrunneeDEU
43JeanneCollongeFRA
44DiedeDiederiksNLD
45IndiaLeeGBR
46AnneReischmannDEU
47BrunaStolfBRA
49RosieWildGBR
50LauraZimmermannDEU
51JuliaSkalaDEU
52SusieCheethamGBR

IRONMAN World Championship Course

The race will be centred around the “Promenade des Anglais”, Nice’s most famous walkway – and an iconic location which has seen some of triathlon’s elite race to victory, including eight-time IRONMAN World Champion Paula Newby-Fraser who also had four victories at the Triathlon International de Nice.
 
Beginning with the Mediterranean Sea swim, athletes will enter the water from the Promenade des Anglais and follow a double rectangular out and back course in the water, before embarking on one of the most iconic bike courses in all of the triathlon world. Technical and challenging but rewarding in its beauty, athletes will take in the rooftop villages of Vence, Gourdon and Tourettes-sur-Loup on the ascent, before they cruise down the “Route de Thorenc” and through the “Clues de Gréolières” on the descent, famous for its stunning feature film backdrop scenery.
 
The flat four-lap run course will take runners up and down the glitzy Promenade des Anglais, giving them the opportunity to soak up the Mediterranean Sea and infamous Chaises Bleues (blue chairs) on one side, and the luxury hotels and casinos on the other, while gaining encouragement by the crowds gathered at multiple spectator friendly points.

Graham Shaw
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Graham Shaw
Graham has been involved with TRI247 & RUN247 since the summer of 2021. Since then he has provided strategic direction for all news and is passionate about the growth of triathlon as a fan sport.
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