Your one-stop guide to watching the 2017 Ironman World Championship
It’s the second Saturday in October and you are a triathlon fan. Of course, you’ll be spending Saturday night and well in to Sunday morning in front a PC or laptop. Won’t you?!
The 2017 Ironman World Championship, as in previous years, will be available – free of charge – to follow via live video, text and online timing/tracker updates. Many of you, we know, will be aware of much of this already – but equally we suspect that there are an awful lot of triathletes out there that aren’t aware or familiar that they can follow triathlon’s annual ‘big dance’ in Hawaii from the comfort of their office, sofa or indeed by taking the laptop / tablet to bed. Best check with the ‘other half’ first on that one.
So, here is our Guide to following the 2017 Ironman World Championship. We have also put together – with UK timings to make it easy for many of our readers – a schedule of key race events to provide approximate times of some of the key moments during the coverage. You can now plan your viewing around important things like dinner or a few pints at the local… but still know what time to get back to see the marathon start!
Live TV Coverage:
Live (internet-based) TV coverage of the 2017 Ironman World Championship will be available via Ironman.com on the links below. As well as the video feeds, Ironman typically also provides a text-based commentary, photo updates and an online race tracker (timing) which allows you to check progress of individual athletes through the course as they pass various timing check points throughout the race.
New for 2017, the event will also be broadcast on Red Bull TV (https://www.redbull.tv), across all of its platforms. More on that HERE.
Remember, if you are following / commenting on the progress of the GB & Ireland athletes via Twitter, please add hashtag #GBKONA.
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Race Timings: Saturday 14th October 2017
(UK time = 11 hours ‘ahead’ of Kona)
Race Start (Male Pro athletes) – 6:35 a.m. local time / 5.35 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 14th October)
Race Start (Female Pro athletes) – 6:40 a.m. local time / 5.40 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 14th October)
Race Start (Age Group Men) – 7:05 a.m. local time / 6.05 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 14th October)
Race Start (Age Group Women) – 7:20 a.m. local time / 6.20 p.m. UK time (Saturday evening, 14th October)
Race Ends (Final finisher) – 00:20 local time (Sunday) / 11.20 a.m. UK time (Sunday morning, 15th October)
Estimated Schedule of Events – ALL UK LOCAL TIMES
| Event |
* ESTIMATED UK TIME *
|
Date
|
| Pro Men Swim Start |
5.35pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| Pro Women Swim Start |
5.40pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Men reach swim turn (halfway) |
5.59pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| Male Age Group Swim Start |
6.05pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Woman reaches swim turn (halfway) |
6:06pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| Female Age Group Swim Start |
6.20pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Swim Finishers (Pro Men) |
6.24pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Men Start Bike |
6.26pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Swim Finisher (Pro Women) |
6.32pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Women Start Bike |
6:34pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Swim Finisher (Male Age Group) |
6.57pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Swim Finisher (Female Age Group) |
7:12pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| Swim Cutoff (Last Female Age Grouper) |
8:40pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Men at Hawi (Bike turn, circa 59 miles) |
8:55pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Women at Hawi (Bike turn, circa 59 miles) |
9:15pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Men Finish Bike |
10:50pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Women Finish Bike |
11:30pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Women Start Run |
11:32pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Men at ‘Pay & Save Hill’ (Palani, 10 miles) |
11:57pm
|
Saturday 14th (evening)
|
| First Pro Women at ‘Pay & Save Hill’ (Palani, 10 miles) |
12:42am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| First Male Pro Finisher |
1:40am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| First Female Pro Finisher |
2:30am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| First Male Age Group Finisher |
2:50am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| First Female Age Group Finisher |
3:55am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| Bike Cutoff (10:30 after final start time) |
4.50am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
| Race Finishes (17:00 after final start time) |
11.20am
|
Sunday 15th (morning)
|
Race Links
Here are some further links which may prove useful. The start list links below provide details of an athletes race number, which can be very useful when searching for timing data in the online race tracker. All of the GB and Ireland athletes are provided in one file, by category, on the link below, along with separate listings for the Professional division.
Race website: www.ironmanworldchampionship.com / Race pack: HERE.
Start Lists (All): HERE
Start Lists (Pro): HERE
