2015 Ironman World Championship

Ironman World Championship
Location Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Date October 10, 2015
Champions
Men Germany Jan Frodeno
Women Switzerland Daniela Ryf

The 2015 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 10, 2015 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and won by Jan Frodeno of Germany and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland. The race was the 39th edition of the Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The championship was organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and awarded a total purse prize of $650,000.[1]

Championship results

Men

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss) 		Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run
8:14:40Jan Frodeno  Germany50:501:514:27:272:112:52:21
8:17:43Andreas Raelert Germany52:241:564:30:522:292:50:02
8:18:50Timothy O'Donnell United States52:242:014:26:132:262:55:46
48:21:25Andy Potts United States50:562:114:32:412:262:53:45
58:23:09Tyler Butterfield Bermuda52:332:014:29:352:412:56:19
68:25:05Cyril Viennot France52:352:194:34:272:392:53:05
78:28:10Eneko Llanos Spain52:362:154:26:562:133:04:10
88:29:43Sebastian Kienle Germany52:362:344:25:532:323:06:08
98:30:13Brent McMahon Canada52:261:514:27:512:033:06:02
108:31:43Boris Stein Germany57:272:114:30:482:292:58:48
Source:[2]

Women

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss) 		Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run
8:57:57Daniela Ryf  Switzerland56:142:104:50:462:103:06:37
9:10:59Rachel Joyce United Kingdom56:112:155:01:292:223:08:42
9:14:52Liz Blatchford Australia56:132:075:07:252:423:06:25
49:18:50Michelle Vesterby Denmark56:111:585:00:412:463:17:14
59:21:45Heather Jackson United States1:04:362:135:04:432:203:07:53
69:23:50Susie Cheetham United Kingdom57:392:085:14:332:353:06:55
79:24:32Sarah Piampiano United States1:10:012:475:02:282:433:06:33
89:25:41Camilla Pedersen Denmark56:142:164:59:172:313:25:23
99:27:54Caroline Steffen  Switzerland56:162:055:10:533:133:15:27
109:28:36Lucy Gossage United Kingdom1:05:082:105:02:402:473:15:51
Source:[2]

Qualification

The division of athletes was divided into professional, age group, physically challenged, and hand cycle divisions.[3]

For entry into the 2015 World Championship race professional triathletes qualified for the championship through a point system. Points were earned by competing in WTC sanctioned Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events throughout the qualifying year. For the 2015 championship race that period was August 30, 2014 to August 23, 2015. The top 50 male and top 35 female pros in points at the end of the qualifying year qualify to race in Kona. An athlete's five highest scoring races were counted in the point totals. At least one Ironman race must have been completed and only three Ironman 70.3 races count towards an athlete's overall point total. Prior champions of a WTC Championship received an automatic entry for the Championship race for a period of five years after their last championship performance provided that they competed in at least one full-distance Ironman race during the qualifying year. Additionally, winners of the five regional Ironman championships received automatic qualification into the 2015 Ironman Championship. All automatic entries awarded did not count toward the number of available qualifying spots.[4][5] The available prize money to professional triathletes for qualifying races ranges from $25,000 to $150,000, depending on the event.[1]

Amateur athletes could qualify through a single performance at an Ironman event or at the Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau event. Slots were allocated to each amateur age group category, male and female, with the number of slots given out based on that category's proportional representation of the overall field. Each age group category was tentatively allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event.[3] This qualifying year marked a large de-emphasis on using selected Ironman 70.3 series races as an avenue for amateur athletes to qualify for the Ironman World Championships. The change was made to accommodate for the increased number of qualifying slots created from the newly added full Ironman events.[6]

Other means of entry into the championship race could also be obtained through a random allocation lottery, through Ironman's Legacy program, or through the Ironman’s charitable eBay auction. Handcycle competitors could qualify at Ironman Cairns (one male/one female), Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg (one male/one female) and Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake (two male/one female)[3]

Illegal lottery

According to a sworn complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida, Ironman illegally charged athletes for a chance to win the opportunity to compete in the Ironman World Championship.[7][8] According to Florida law, the state where the World Triathlon Corporation resides, it is illegal to set up and charge for a lottery.[9] Because WTC charged a $50 fee to enter the lottery, instead of giving away the opportunity to win a slot at the championships, they were in violation of this law.[10] Following the complaint WTC cooperated with the United States Attorneys office and the FBI's investigation of the matter and agreed to forfeit $2,761,910, the amount collected from the lottery since October 24, 2012.[7][11]

Winners of the 2015 lottery were notified on March 17, 2015, prior to the announcement of the complaint.[8] WTC stated that these winners would be unaffected by this decision and that their slots for the upcoming championship race would be honored.[12]

Non-point races

Prior to the 2014 Ironman Boulder race, World Triathlon Corporation's CEO, Andrew Messick, announced a redistribution of prize money to help facilitate paying ten professionals deep at each race as well as awarding larger prize purses at select races across Ironman and Ironman 70.3. As part of this initiative, WTC eliminated points and prize purses for professional triathletes at 9 Ironman events and 11 Ironman 70.3 events in 2015, all occurring within North America. Those Ironman races with no points or prize purse offered include: Ironman Boulder, Louisville, Wisconsin, Maryland, Lake Tahoe, Florida, Muskoka, Los Cabos and Lake Placid. The majority of these listed events occur after the qualifying period has ended, August, and near the date of the annual Championship event in October. This would also mark the first time since 1985 that an Ironman race will not offer a prize purse.[13] For the 2015 Ironman Championship qualifying period this affects Ironman Lake Placid and Ironman Boulder.[14]

Qualifying Ironman races

Date Event Location
Sep 7, 2014 Ironman WisconsinUnited States Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 14, 2014 Ironman WalesWales Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Sep 21, 2014 Ironman Lake Tahoe*United States Lake Tahoe, California
Sep 27, 2014 Ironman MalaysiaMalaysia Langkawi, Malaysia
Sep 27, 2014 Ironman MallorcaSpain Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain
Sep 28, 2014 Ironman ChattanoogaUnited States Chattanooga, Tennessee
Oct 5, 2014 Ironman BarcelonaSpain Barcelona, Spain
Oct 11, 2014 Ironman World ChampionshipUnited States Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Nov 1, 2014 Ironman FloridaUnited States Panama City Beach, Florida
Nov 9, 2014 Ironman FortalezaBrazil Fortaleza, Brazil
Nov 16, 2014 Ironman ArizonaUnited States Tempe, Arizona
Nov 30, 2014 Ironman CozumelMexico Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Dec 7, 2014 Ironman Western AustraliaAustralia Busselton, Western Australia
Mar 7, 2015 Ironman New ZealandNew Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
Mar 22, 2015 Ironman Asia-Pacific ChampionshipAustralia Melbourne, Australia
Mar 29, 2015 Ironman African ChampionshipSouth Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Apr 12, 2015 Ironman TaiwanTaiwan Kenting, Taiwan
May 3, 2015 Ironman AustraliaAustralia Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
May 16, 2015 Ironman North American ChampionshipUnited States The Woodlands Township, Texas
May 23, 2015 Ironman LanzaroteSpain Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
May 31, 2015 Ironman Latin American ChampionshipsBrazil Florianópolis, Brazil
Jun 14, 2015 Ironman CairnsAustralia Cairns, Australia
Jun 28, 2015 Ironman FranceFrance Nice, France
Jun 28, 2015 Ironman AustriaAustria Klagenfurt, Austria
Jun 28, 2015 Ironman Coeur d'AleneUnited States Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Jul 5, 2015 Ironman European ChampionshipGermany Frankfurt, Germany
Jul 19, 2015 Ironman UKUnited Kingdom Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 19, 2015 Ironman SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zürich, Switzerland
Jul 26, 2015 Ironman Lake PlacidX United States Lake Placid, New York
Jul 26, 2015 Ironman CanadaCanada Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 2, 2015 Ironman Maastricht-Limburg Netherlands Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Aug 2, 2015 Ironman BoulderX United States Boulder, Colorado
Aug 15, 2015 Ironman SwedenSweden Kalmar, Sweden
Aug 16, 2015 Ironman Mont-TremblantCanada Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
August 23, 2015 Ironman CopenhagenDenmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 23, 2015 Ironman JapanJapan Hokkaido, Japan

*Ironman Lake Tahoe was canceled due to smoke from the King Fire.[15]
XAmateur only competition.

Qualifying pro men

Championship participants
Points rank Name Country Points total
1Jan Frodeno†Germany14680
2Sebastian Kienle†Germany12415
3Frederik Van Lierde†Belgium10455
4Ben HoffmanUnited States9970
5Andy PottsUnited States9725
6Nils FrommholdGermany9685
7Tim Van BerkelAustralia8655
8Bart AernoutsBelgium8310
9Lionel SandersCanada8140
10Ronnie SchildknechtSwitzerland7550
11Cyril ViennotFrance7535
12Tim DonUnited Kingdom7430
13Brent McMahonCanada7310
14Matt TrautmanSouth Africa7195
15Matt Hanson†United States6990
16Marino Vanhoenacker†Belgium6735
17Bas DiederenNetherlands6525
18Tim O'DonnellUnited States6470
19Patrik Nilsson*Sweden6240
20Romain GuillaumeFrance6200
21Cameron BrownNew Zealand6145
22Iván RañaSpain5840
23Guilherme ManocchioBrazil5540
24Joe SkipperUnited Kingdom5295
25Michael WeissAustria5025
26Eneko LlanosSpain4980
27Tyler ButterfieldBermuda4965
28Clemente Alonso McKernanSpain4880
29Callum MillwardNew Zealand4825
30Brad KahlefeldtAustralia4715
31David McNameeUnited Kingdom4695
32Jeff Symonds†Canada4675
33Andi BoechererGermany4530
34Andreas RaelertGermany4505
35Luke McKenzieAustralia4490
36Boris SteinGermany4465
37Dylan McNeiceNew Zealand4445
38Fredrik CroneborgSweden4380
39Igor AmorelliBrazil4340
40Denis ChevrotFrance4290
41Jordan RappUnited States4180
42Christian KramerGermany4165
43Paul AmbroseAustralia4155
44Pedro GomesPortugal4090
45Terenzo Bozzone*New Zealand4030
46Viktor ZyemtsevUnited States3980
47Kyle BuckinghamSouth Africa3925
48Jan Van BerkelSwitzerland3895
49Maik TwelsiekGermany3875
50Victor Del Corral*Spain3860
51Fraser CartmellUnited Kingdom3785
52Daniel BretscherUnited States3745
53Miquel TintoSpain3700
54Luke BellAustralia3665
55Matt ChrabotUnited States3630
56Jeremy JurkiewiczFrance3475
58Justin Daerr‡United States3440
127Pete Jacobs†*Australia930
† Automatic Qualifier, ‡ Roll Down Qualifier, *Declined slot/Injured
Source:[16][17]

Qualifying pro women

Championship participants
Points rank Name Country Points total
1Daniela Ryf†Switzerland15450
2Jodie Swallow†United Kingdom14370
3Caroline SteffenSwitzerland13055
4Rachel JoyceUnited Kingdom11320
5Mirinda Carfrae†Australia10275
6Julia GajerGermany9905
7Mary Beth EllisUnited States9515
8Gina CrawfordNew Zealand9050
9Meredith KesslerUnited States8960
10Yvonne van Vlerken*Netherlands8440
11Elizabeth LylesUnited States8195
12Liz BlatchfordAustralia8090
13Angela Naeth†Canada7930
14Ariane Monticeli†Brazil7810
15Heather WurteleCanada7390
16Lucy GossageUnited Kingdom7190
17Camilla PedersenDenmark7055
18Eva WuttiAustria6920
19Diana RieslerGermany6770
20Susie CheethamUnited Kingdom6400
21Michelle VesterbyDenmark6350
22Amanda StevensUnited States6290
23Beth GerdesUnited States6090
24Heather JacksonUnited States5385
25Sonja Tajsich*Germany5360
26Britta MartinNew Zealand5340
27Ruth Brennan-MorreyUnited States5325
28Leanda Cave†United Kingdom5290
29Mareen HufeGermany5255
30Lisa HütthalerAustria5195
31Haley ChuraUnited States5150
32Annabel LuxfordAustralia5080
33Kelly WilliamsonUnited States5055
34Dede GriesbauerUnited States5040
35Astrid StienenGermany4840
36Dimity-Lee DukeAustralia4780
37Corinne Abraham*United Kingdom4725
38Tine DeckersBelgium4660
39Åsa LundströmSweden4625
40Shiao-yu LiTaiwan4600
41Sarah PiampianoUnited States4410
42Caitlin SnowUnited States4375
43Sofie Goos‡Belgium4220
45Laurel Wassner‡United States4060
46Melissa Hauschildt†*Australia4000
† Automatic Qualifier, ‡ Roll Down Qualifier, *Declined slot/Injured
Source:[17][18]

References

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  2. 1 2 "2015 Results: World Championship". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Qualification FAQ". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "IM Qualifying". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Krabel, Herbert (July 26, 2010). "2011 Kona Pro Qualification Rules". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Mavis, Bethany (July 22, 2014). "How Losing Kona Slots Will Affect 70.3 Races". Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "World Triathlon Corporation (Ironman) Forfeits More Than $2.7 Million in Lottery Proceeds". Federal Bureau of Investigation. May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "U.S. District Court Complaint". scribd.com. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
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  14. ↑ Polloreno, Julia (August 3, 2014). "Ironman Announces Redistribution of Prize Purse Money for 2015". Competitor, Inc. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ Fritz, Angela; Johnson, Thomas (September 22, 2014). "Smoke from massive King Fire overtakes Lake Tahoe, cancels Ironman race". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ "2015 Final KPR - Men" (PDF). World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  17. 1 2 Radde, Thorsten (September 29, 2015). "Ironman Hawaii 2015 – Always Up To Date Pro Startlist". trirating.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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