2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

Ironman 70.3 World Championship
Location	Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria
Date	August 30, 2015
Champions
Men	Jan Frodeno
Women	Daniela Ryf

The 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition that was held in Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria on August 30, 2015. It was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland. The championship was organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and was the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that occurred from August 3, 2014 through July 12, 2015. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earned a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.^[1] A prize purse of $250,000 will be distributed to the top 10 male and female professional athletes.^[2] The race marked the second year of the championship event being held in a non-recurring location and the first time being held in Europe.^[3]

Championship results

Men

Pos.	Time (h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss)
				Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
	3:51:19	Jan Frodeno	Germany	22:14	2:03	2:09:04	1:26	1:16:32
	3:52:48	Sebastian Kienle	Germany	24:04	2:03	2:09:54	1:25	1:15:22
	3:55:05	Javier Gómez	Spain	22:12	2:04	2:13:38	1:36	1:15:35
4	3:56:28	Bart Aernouts	Belgium	25:38	2:06	2:12:07	1:42	1:14:55
5	3:56:34	Michael Raelert	Germany	22:15	2:10	2:13:19	1:33	1:17:17
6	3:56:52	Andi Böcherer	Germany	22:12	2:16	2:09:00	1:40	1:21:44
7	3:57:47	Jan Van Berkel	Switzerland	22:27	2:03	2:13:15	1:28	1:18:34
8	3:58:44	Tyler Butterfield	Bermuda	24:05	1:58	2:13:48	1:34	1:17:19
9	3:58:58	Andreas Dreitz	Germany	23:04	2:06	2:07:35	1:36	1:24:37
10	4:00:11	Albert Molins	Spain	24:30	2:22	2:14:32	1:49	1:16:58
Source:[4]

Women

Pos.	Time (h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss)
				Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
	4:11:34	Daniela Ryf	Switzerland	23:46	2:03	2:21:10	1:26	1:22:51
	4:23:07	Heather Wurtele	Canada	26:33	2:03	2:27:39	1:25	1:24:56
	4:24:10	Anja Beranek	Germany	24:32	2:04	2:24:18	1:36	1:31:17
4	4:25:33	Magali Tisseyre	Canada	24:55	2:06	2:27:56	1:42	1:28:45
5	4:27:39	Alicia Kaye	United States	24:03	2:10	2:28:58	1:33	1:30:35
6	4:29:53	Julia Gajer	Germany	24:46	2:16	2:33:06	1:40	1:27:33
7	4:30:31	Susie Cheetham	United Kingdom	26:34	2:03	2:34:52	1:28	1:25:01
8	4:30:47	Ricarda Lisk	Germany	24:03	1:58	2:35:38	1:34	1:27:14
9	4:31:00	Lauren Barnett	United States	26:36	2:06	2:32:18	1:36	1:27:52
10	4:31:47	Emma Bilham	Switzerland	24:52	2:22	2:32:38	1:49	1:30:24
Source:[4]

With Ryf's win she became the first female to win back-to-back Ironman 70.3 championship titles. Former champions Jodie Swallow and Meredith Kessler both exited the race early. Swallow pulled out after the swim after suffering a bike crash the previous day. Kessler experienced mechanical issues on the bike.^[5]

Qualification

The 2015 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 71 events that enabled qualification to the 2015 World Championship event. Professional triathletes qualified for the championship race by competing in races during the qualifying period, earning points towards their pro rankings. For the 2015 championship race that period was August 3, 2014 to July 12, 2015. An athlete’s five highest scoring races are counted toward their pro rankings. The top 50 males and top 35 females in the pro rankings qualified for the championship race. The previous five 70.3 champions receive an automatic qualifying spot provided they validate their entry by competitively finishing one qualifying race. Winners of the five regional 70.3 championships will also automatically qualify for the championship race. These winners did not count towards the final 50 and 35 qualifiers^[1] Professional athletes were also eligible for prize purses at each qualifying event, which ranged in total size from $75,000 to $100,000.^[1][6]

Amateur triathletes could qualify for the championship race by earning a qualifying slot at one of the qualifying events. At qualifying events, slots were allocated to each 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. In previous years some 70.3 events also served as qualifiers for the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.^[7] However, the 2014 qualifying year served as the final year for almost all qualifying races in this capacity. As such this year's qualifying season only the handcycle competitions and Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau will offer qualification into the 2015 Ironman World Championship. This was to accommodate for the increased number of qualifying slots created from the newly added full Ironman events.^[8]

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 initially at 9 Ironman events and 11 Ironman 70.3 events in 2015, mostly occurring within North America.^[6] There are nine Ironman 70.3 races with no professional points or prize purse offered for the 2015 Ironman 70.3 Championship qualifying period.

Qualifying Ironman 70.3 events

Date	Event	Location[9][10]
Aug 3, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Philippines	Cebu, Philippines
Aug 10, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Steelhead	Benton Harbor, Michigan
Aug 10, 2014	Ironman 70.3 European Pro Championship	Wiesbaden, Germany
Aug 17, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens	Lake Stevens, Washington
Aug 17, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Timberman	Gilford, New Hampshire
Aug 23, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Budapest	Budapest, Hungary
Aug 30, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Foz do Iguaçu	Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Aug 31, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Zell am See	Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria
Sep 7, 2014	Ironman 70.3 World Championship	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
Sep 7, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Muskoka	Huntsville, Ontario
Sep 14, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast	Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Sep 14, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Rügen	Rügen, Germany
Sep 14, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Kronberg^X	Elsinore, Denmark
Sep 20, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote	Lanzarote, Spain
Sep 21, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Princeton	Princeton, New Jersey
Sep 21, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Cozumel	Cozumel, Mexico
Sep 21, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Lake Tahoe*	Lake Tahoe, California
Sep 28, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Augusta	Augusta, Georgia
Oct 4, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Gurye Korea	Gurye, Korea
Oct 5, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Silverman	Henderson, Nevada
Oct 19, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Port MacQuarie	Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Oct 26, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Miami	Miami, Florida
Oct 26, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Austin	Austin, Texas
Nov 2, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Taiwan	Hengchun, Taiwan
Nov 9, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Australian Pro Championship	Mandurah, Western Australia
Nov 16, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Ballarat	Ballarat, Victoria
Nov 30, 2014	Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney	Sydney, New South Wales
Jan 11, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Pucón	Pucón, Chile
Jan 18, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Pro Championship	Auckland, New Zealand
Jan 25, 2015	Ironman 70.3 South Africa	Buffalo City, South Africa
Feb 8, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Geelong	Geelong, Victoria
Mar 8, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay	Subic Bay, Philippines
Mar 15, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mar 16, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico
Mar 28, 2015	Ironman 70.3 California	Oceanside, California
Apr 5, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Latin American Pro Championship	Brasília, Brazil
Apr 5, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya	Putrajaya, Malaysia
Apr 12, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Florida^X	Haines City, Florida
Apr 19, 2015	Ironman 70.3 New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr 26, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Texas	Galveston, Texas
May 2, 2015	Ironman 70.3 North American Pro Championship	St. George, Utah
May 2, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Busselton	Busselton, Western Australia
May 3, 2015	Ironman 70.3 St Croix	Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
May 3, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix	Aix-en-Provence, France
May 9, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Mallorca	Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain
May 10, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Vietnam	Da Nang, Vietnam
May 17, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Austria	St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria
May 17, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain
May 17, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 30, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Hawaii^X	Kohala, Hawaii
May 31, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Raleigh	Raleigh, North Carolina
Jun 7, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Japan	Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Jun 7, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Switzerland	Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Jun 7, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau^†	Kraichgau, Germany
Jun 13, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Boulder	Boulder, Colorado
Jun 13, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Boise^X	Boise, Idaho
Jun 14, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Italy	Pescara,Italy
Jun 14, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Eagleman	Cambridge, Maryland
Jun 14, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Cairns	Cairns, Queensland
Jun 14, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire	Staffordshire, England
Jun 14, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Victoria^X	Victoria, British Columbia
Jun 20, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg^‡	Luxembourg
Jun 21, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Kronberg^X	Elsinore, Denmark
Jun 21, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Syracuse^X	Syracuse, New York
Jun 21, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
Jun 28, 2015	Ironman 70.3 UK^X	Wimbleball, Exmoor, UK
Jun 28, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake^‡	Lubbock, Texas
Jul 5, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Incheon Korea	Incheon, Korea
Jul 5, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Norway	Haugesund, Norway
Jul 5, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Muskoka	Huntsville, Ontario
Jul 11, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Muncie^X	Muncie, Indiana
Jul 12, 2015	Ironman 70.3 Vineman	Sonoma County, California

*Ironman 70.3 Lake Tahoe was canceled due to smoke from the King Fire.^[11]
†Also serves as a 2014 Ironman World Championship qualifier.
^‡Also serves as the handcycle championships and as 2015 Ironman World Championship handcycle qualifier
^XNo professional points awarded.

Qualifying pro men

Qualifying slots into the championship race were awarded to the top 50 men in points. Slots that were not accepted by an athlete were rolled down to the next highest eligible qualifier in points.

Awarded slots are according to Ironman.com as of August 31, 2015 and final race results.^[4][12]

Championship participants Points rank Name Country Races Points total 1 Tim Don 5 6820 2 Tim Reed 5 5790 4 Jan Frodeno 3 4200 5 Javier Gómez^† 2 3750 6 Michael Raelert^† 5 3503 7 Bart Aernouts 3 3475 8 Leon Griffin 5 3395 11 Sam Appleton 5 3075 12 Terenzo Bozzone 5 3070 18 Joe Gambles 2 2410 19 Nils Frommhold 2 2370 22 Ruedi Wild 3 2205 24 Jesse Thomas 4 2125 26 Kevin Collington 5 2040 27 Chris Leiferman 5 1955 31 Manuel Küng 5 1885 32 Cody Beals 5 1740 33 Maurice Clavel 2 1725 35 Markus Thomschke 4 1680 38 Andi Böcherer 3 1640 39 Andreas Dreitz 3 1625 40 Benjamin Collins 3 1590 41 Tyler Butterfield 3 1540 48 Patrick Lange 4 1305 49 Fabio Carvalho 3 1295 54 Alberto Casadei^* 4 1208 56 Justin Metzler^* 5 1195 57 Taylor Reid^* 5 1180 58 Jan Van Berkel^* 4 1180 59 Paul Reitmayr^* 4 1175 62 Sebastian Neef^* 4 1130 65 Matt Trautman^* 2 1070 66 Stuart Marais^* 3 1042 69 Sebastian Kienle^† 2 1015 70 James Seear^* 5 1010 71 Ritchie Nicholls^* 2 990 84 Albert Molins^* 3 790 95 Alexander Schilling^* 4 660 100 Matthias Knossalla^* 3 635 103 Evert Scheltinga^* 5 594 111 Andrew Starykowicz^* 1 540 119 Arturo Garza^* 3 486 120 Frédéric Limousin^* 4 485 121 Jonathan Ciavattella^* 2 480 123 Antony Costes^* 3 475 ^†Previous champion qualifier. ^*Additional roll down slot awarded.

Qualified but not participating Points rank Name Country Races Points total 3 Lionel Sanders 5 4725 9 Craig Alexander^† 5 3335 10 Brent McMahon 5 3315 13 Richie Cunningham 5 2965 14 Matt Chrabot 5 2760 15 Igor Amorelli 5 2585 16 Andy Potts 5 2475 17 Ben Hoffman 5 2445 20 Mark Bowstead 5 2360 21 Christian Kemp 5 2280 23 Josh Amberger 5 2125 25 Will Clarke 3 2100 28 Luke Bell 5 1945 29 Mario de Elias 5 1945 30 Cameron Brown 3 1905 34 Timothy O'Donnell 2 1710 36 Callum Millward 4 1680 37 Drew Scott 5 1645 42 Brad Kahlefeldt 3 1510 43 Viktor Zyemtsev 3 1440 44 Santiago Ascenço 2 1425 45 Alex Reithmeier 5 1380 47 Andreas Raelert 2 1325 46 David McNamee 3 1360 50 Peter Robertson 1 1275 51 Courtney Atkinson 2 1250 52 Ronnie Schildknecht 4 1240 53 Paul Ambrose 5 1215

Qualifying pro women

Qualifying slots were awarded to the top 35 women in points. Slots that were not accepted by an athlete were rolled down to the next highest eligible qualifier in points.

Awarded slots are according to Ironman.com as of August 31, 2015 and final race results.^[4][13]

Championship participants Points rank Name Country Races Points total 1 Meredith Kessler 5 6460 2 Daniela Ryf 4 5750 3 Heather Wurtele 4 5320 4 Jodie Swallow^† 4 4880 6 Magali Tisseyre 5 3805 7 Radka Vodickova 4 3700 9 Alicia Kaye 5 3075 10 Anja Beranek 5 2925 12 Susie Cheetham 4 2760 13 Camilla Pedersen 4 2740 23 Svenja Bazlen 3 2085 24 Lauren Barnett 5 2030 26 Kristin Möeller 5 1965 29 Parys Edwards 4 1900 31 Alexandra Tondeur 5 1855 32 Kirsty Jahn 5 1795 34 Katy Duffield 5 1780 35 Julia Gajer 3 1780 44 Emma-Kate Lidbury^* 5 1505 46 Holly Lawrence^* 3 1460 47 Sue Huse^* 5 1420 48 Natascha Schmitt^* 5 1355 51 Ricarda Lisk^* 4 1280 54 Nikki Butterfield^* 2 1265 55 Eva Wutti^* 2 1250 59 Emma Bilham^* 3 1175 63 Erika Csomor^* 5 1155 66 Lauren Brandon^* 5 1055 69 Mareen Hufe^* 2 1040 74 Anna Halasz^* 5 945 80 Tine Deckers^* 2 870 ^†Previous champion qualifier. ^*Additional roll down slot awarded.

Qualified but not participating Points rank Name Country Races Points total 5 Annabel Luxford 4 3810 8 Caroline Steffen 5 3525 11 Gina Crawford 4 2890 14 Liz Blatchford 4 2575 15 Heather Jackson 4 2505 16 Helle Frederiksen 3 2500 17 Mary Beth Ellis 2 2470 18 Leanda Cave^† 3 2460 19 Lauren Goss 5 2430 20 Valentina Carvallo 5 2430 21 Laura Philipp 4 2150 22 Jackie Hering 5 2105 25 Lisa Hütthaler 2 1995 27 Sarah Piampiano 5 1960 28 Angela Naeth 4 1925 30 Sofie Goos 3 1875 33 Lucy Gossage 3 1790 36 Rachel Joyce 3 1730 37 Melanie McQuaid 5 1680

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External links

• Ironman 70.3 Series website