Ryf and Iden highlight 70.3 world champs pro fields

Switzerland’s Daniela Ryf and Norway’s Gustav Iden will both be back to try and defend the Ironman 70.3 World Championship titles they claimed in Nice two years ago, but both will face some stiff competition to do so.

Ryf will be going after a record sixth 70.3 world title in St. George, Utah, USA on Sept. 18. After a tough day at the Collins Cup last weekend, she’ll be facing both Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR), the fastest on the day in Samorin, but also the woman who beat her in the first match of the day, American Taylor Knibb.

Other women in the pro women’s field to keep an eye on include Holly Lawrence (GBR), Ellie Salthouse (AUS), Paula Findlay (CAN) and Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR).

Here’s a list of the pro women:

BIB	LAST	FIRST	COUNTRY
101	Ryf	Daniela	CHE
102	Lawrence	Holly	GBR
103	Simmonds	Imogen	CHE
104	Sodaro	Chelsea	USA
105	Charles-Barclay	Lucy	GBR
106	Pallant-Browne	Emma	GBR
107	Svensk	Sara	SWE
109	Matthews	Katrina	GBR
110	Findlay	Paula	CAN
111	Lester	Carrie	AUS
112	Moench	Skye	USA
113	Metzler	Jeanni	ZAF
114	Hering	Jackie	USA
115	Salthouse	Ellie	AUS
116	Norden	Lisa	SWE
117	Bartlett	Nikki	GBR
119	Kessler	Meredith	USA
120	Hall	Lucy	GBR
121	Smith	Lesley	USA
122	Piampiano	Sarah	USA
123	McCauley	Jocelyn	USA
124	Oliveira	Pamella	BRA
126	Lee	India	GBR
127	Thek	Grace	AUS
128	Stage-Nielsen	Maja	DNK
129	Becharas	Lisa	USA
130	Reischmann	Anne	DEU
131	Jewett	Tamara	CAN
132	Lane	Chloe	AUS
133	Mathieux	Justine	FRA
134	Lewis	Danielle	USA
136	Iemmolo	Julie	FRA
137	Knibb	Taylor	USA
138	Withrow	Kelsey	USA
139	Best-Pohl	Anna-Lena	DEU
140	Krüger	Katharina	DEU
141	Laine	Kinsey	USA
142	Sheedy-Ryan	Felicity	AUS
143	Thams	Line	DNK
144	Alexander	Grace	USA
145	Pesch	Maddy	USA
146	Luethi	Diane	CHE
147	Mensch	Rachel	USA
148	Wendorff	Amanda	USA
149	Goodell	Kimberly	USA
150	Fletcher	Jenny	CAN

Iden to face two Olympic gold medalists

To defend his title, Gustav Iden will have to beat his countryman, Kristian Blummenfelt, who is fresh off a gold-medal performance in Tokyo, along with Great Britain’s two-time gold medalist Alistair Brownlee, as long as he’s over the ankle surgery he had done in June. Two-time 70.3 world champion Javier Gomez is also in the field, as is Canada’s Lionel Sanders, who won the Ironman 70.3 North American Championships in St. George earlier this year. The man he outsprinted for the win, Sam Long (USA), will also be racing.

Here’s the pro men’s list:

BIB	LAST	FIRST	COUNTRY
1	Iden	Gustav	NOR
2	Brownlee	Alistair	GBR
3	Von Berg	Rudy	USA
4	Blummenfelt	Kristian	NOR
5	Gomez	Javier	ESP
6	Appleton	Sam	AUS
7	Weiss	Bradley	ZAF
8	Kanute	Ben	USA
9	Sanders	Lionel	CAN
10	Reed	Tim	AUS
11	Raelert	Michael	DEU
12	Long	Sam	USA
14	Hanson	Matthew	USA
15	Bækkegård	Daniel	DNK
16	Leiferman	Chris	USA
17	Goodwin	George	GBR
18	Ditlev	Magnus	DNK
19	Neumann	Max	AUS
20	Dreitz	Andreas	DEU
21	Funk	Frederic	DEU
22	Angert	Florian	DEU
23	Laundry	Jackson	CAN
24	Smith	Kyle	NZL
26	Azevedo	Filipe	PRT
27	Stratmann	Jan	DEU
28	Clavel	Maurice	DEU
30	Chartier	Collin	USA
31	Gambles	Joe	AUS
32	Mignon	Clement	FRA
33	West	Jason	USA
34	Costes	Antony	FRA
35	Ruttmann	Paul	AUT
36	Mendez Cruz	Mauricio	MEX
37	Herbst	Marcus	DEU
38	Taagholt	Miki	DNK
39	Jarrige	Yvan	FRA
40	Teagle	James	GBR
41	Smales	Elliot	GBR
42	Reid	Taylor	CAN
43	Frommhold	Nils	DEU
44	Barnaby	Gregory	ITA
45	Chase	Nicholas	USA
46	Deckard	Robbie	USA
47	Kallin	Robert	SWE
49	Lagerstrom	Eric	USA
50	Amorelli	Igor	BRA
51	Ulloa	Martin	CHL
52	Toldi	Fernando	BRA
53	Rana	Ivan	ESP
54	Rea	Tim	AUS
55	Noodt	Mika	DEU
56	Smith	Brennen	CAN
57	Le Berre	Yohan	FRA
58	Faldum	Gabor	HUN
59	Magnien	Dylan	FRA
61	Andrie	Marty	USA
62	Royle	Aaron	AUS
63	Rodriguez Hernandez	Tomas	MEX
64	Metzler	Justin	USA
65	Butterfield	Tyler	BMU