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THE 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH, USA
Dear IRONMAN 70.3 Arizona Athlete, The slot allocation process for IRONMAN 70.3 Arizona will start today. Athletes who earned an automatic slot will receive an email with a link from ACTIVE to register for the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, St. George, Utah on September 17 and 18. The Ironman 70.3 Hawaii 2019 offered 30 Kona slots to a field of 1250 athletes. 1167 athletes in 24 different age groups reached the finish line. 18 of the 831 competing men qualified for the Ironman World Championship on the Big Island of Hawaii, just as 12 of the 386 women. Here you can find more statistics of the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii 2019. The Ironman 70.3 Shanghai 2018 offered 30 Kona slots to a field of 971 athletes. 933 athletes in 21 different age groups reached the finish line. 20 of the 825 competing men qualified for the Ironman World Championship on the Big Island of Hawaii, just as 10 of the 144 women. Here you can find more statistics of the Ironman 70.3 Shanghai 2018.
How do I qualify for the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in St. George, Utah at IRONMAN 70.3 Bintan?
The IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships are being held in the beautiful destination of St. George, Utah. Don’t miss this chance to qualify – we have 35 SLOTS up for grabs!
Note regarding eligibility:
Only Age‐Group Athletes are eligible to receive Age‐Group World Championship qualifying Slots. Athletes holding current Professional or Elite status with any ITU Member National Triathlon Governing Body, WTC’s Pro Membership program or having raced as an elite athlete in any international events during the calendar year, are not eligible for Age Group Slots. Athletes may not at the time of the event, nor at the time of the World Championship event they have qualified for, or hold professional or elite status.
Any change in an athletes status prior to any event participation or a qualified World Championship event must be disclosed to WTC immediately. Failure of an athlete to make such disclosure will be cause for disqualification from such Event and may result in sanction from WTC Events.
HOW DOES THE AGE GROUP SLOT ALLOCATION WORK?
- Each Age Group that has at least one official starter will receive a minimum of one qualifying slot.
- Additional qualifying slots for an Age Group will be determined on the number of official starters in each Age Group.
- The final number of qualifying slots per Age Group will be published within three hours of the final flag-off and posted on the results board at the IRONMAN Village.
WHAT IS THE SLOT ALLOCATION AND ROLLDOWN CEREMONY, AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
- If an automatic qualifier in an Age Group chooses not to take the slot, the next eligible finisher in that Age Group may claim the slot that has rolled down.
- If no one claims a qualifying slot in a particular Age Group, that unclaimed slot will be reallocated to another Age Group within the same gender, based on the athletes-to-slots ratio. The Age Group within the gender with the largest athletes-to-slots ratio will receive the first reallocated slot, followed by the next largest ratio receiving the second re-allocated slot (if applicable), and so on.
HOW DO I CLAIM MY QUALIFYING SLOT?
- Athletes MUST claim their slot in-person at the qualifying race during the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Slot Allocation and Roll-down Ceremony. Please check the event schedule for time and location of the ceremony.
- Athletes that have claimed a qualifying slot are required to sign a Condition of Entry, Release and Indemnification waiver, by which they agree and acknowledge that they have read and fully understand the Rules as adopted by WTC, and understand that they may be required to submit to a medical control urinalysis, blood, or other non-urine doping text conducted by WTC. Athletes voluntarily consent to be governed by the published rules.
- Athletes that have claimed a qualifying slot must complete their registration for the World Championships and payment of the registration fee immediately on site. Visa and Mastercard are the only accepted forms of payment.
- Athletes must bring photo ID when claiming their slot.
Ironman will “tighten the rules” for the Challenger division of it’s Ironman VR race series and will offer a four-week championship series with qualifying races for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupo.
After races were cancelled around the world due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Ironman started a virtual racing series, which has provided some welcome motivation and a race-like experience for thousands of triathletes around the world.
The goal, according to Ironman’s CEO Andrew Messick, was to “be as inclusive as we possibly can be – to give people with all abilities the opportunity to race with purpose. For a lot of people its helped them from a structured training perspective.”
“The platform we built (Ironman Virtual Club) does a great job of that,” Messick said during a conference call yesterday. “Where it wasn’t as good was being able to create a consistent playing field.”
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Questionable performances abounded in the Ironman VR races, including 60 km/ hour bike splits and sub-4 hour virtual half-distance races. Even last weekend with the advent of the new Challenger division, the eventual winner, Jessey The Elf, was moved from second to first in the overall standings after the winner’s results were moved out of that division due to discrepancies.
Last weekend’s Challenger division required athletes to ride either outdoors or on the Rouvy virtual platform and prohibited treadmills for the run.
“It was a big step forward,” Messick said. “The results from last weekend feel dramatically better – there were lots of familiar faces where we expect them to be.”
“Now we’ll take the next step,” Messick continued.
The new Championship series will consist of four races – three 5150 and one 70.3 simulated events. While there will be “classic division” for participants just interested in taking part, the Challenger division will have stricter rules. For those competing in the Challenger division, the top three scores will count towards an athletes final result, with the 70.3 event weighted more heavily in the standings. Athletes will be required to complete the bike on the Rouvy platform, while runs will have to be done outdoors.
“The riding leg will be as fair as we have the ability to make it,” Messick said.
The winners of the Championship series will earn slots for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupo. (That race was supposed to take place in November but has been postponed – it’s expected to take place early in 2021.)
Ironman will release a series of competition rules for the series over the next few days.
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To be eligible for the Championship series athletes will need to have competed in an Ironman event in the past.
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“If you’ve never done a race with us, you can sign up for VR9 or VR10,” Messick said. “We need to have something to gauge the calibre of each athlete.”
The results of each race will be analyzed and “outlier” performances will be flagged, Messick said.
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“It (the races) has to, at its heart, be something our community is OK with,” he said. “It can only work if the community generally believes that the competition is fair.”
“We would rather try to create something that is broadly speaking fair and we can manage the imperfections to the point where people believe there is some integrity in it,” he said. “If there isn’t, my instinct will be to shut it down.”
The Championship series is expected to include the VR10 through 13 events. Ironman says more details will be released soon.