After a exciting World Championship Ironman in Nice, where women raced and where Laura Philipp won her first IM world title, we are now slowly but surely looking ahead to the Ironman World Championship at Kona, which takes place in less than two weeks. Spectacle should be expected, as just look at the stunning start list of professional athletes:
| BIB # | First name | Last name | COUNTRY REPRESENTED |
| 1 | Sam | Laidlow | FRA (France) |
| 2 | Patrick | Lange | DEU (Germany) |
| 3 | Magnus | Ditlev | DNK (Denmark) |
| 4 | Gustav | Iden | NOR (Norway) |
| 5 | Kristian | Blummenfelt | NOR (Norway) |
| 6 | Rudy | Von Berg | USA (United States of America) |
| 7 | Leon | Chevalier | FRA (France) |
| 8 | Arthur | Horseau | FRA (France) |
| 9 | Bradley | Weiss | ZAF (South Africa) |
| 10 | Gregory | Barnaby | ITA (Italy) |
| 11 | Robert | Wilkowiecki | POL (Poland) |
| 12 | Clément | Mignon | FRA (France) |
| 14 | Matt | Burton | AUS (Australia) |
| 15 | Rasmus | Svenningsson | SWE (Sweden) |
| 16 | Stenn | Goetstouwers | BEL (Belgium) |
| 17 | Trevor | Foley | USA (United States of America) |
| 18 | Antonio | Benito López | ESP (Spain) |
| 19 | Michael | Weiss | AUT (Austria) |
| 20 | Sam | Appleton | AUS (Australia) |
| 21 | Denis | Chevrot | FRA (France) |
| 22 | Pieter | Heemeryck | BEL (Belgium) |
| 23 | Daniel | Bækkegård | DNK (Denmark) |
| 24 | Reinaldo | Colucci | BRA (Brazil) |
| 25 | Steven | McKenna | AUS (Australia) |
| 27 | Matt | Hanson | USA (United States of America) |
| 28 | Arnaud | Guilloux | FRA (France) |
| 29 | Jackson | Laundry | CAN (Canada) |
| 30 | Chris | Leiferman | USA (United States of America) |
| 31 | Robert | Kallin | SWE (Sweden) |
| 32 | Matthew | Marquardt | USA (United States of America) |
| 33 | Paul | Schuster | DEU (Germany) |
| 34 | Jonas | Hoffmann | DEU (Germany) |
| 35 | Kristian | Høgenhaug | DNK (Denmark) |
| 36 | Andre | Lopes | BRA (Brazil) |
| 37 | Braden | Currie | NZL (New Zealand) |
| 38 | Mathias | Petersen | DNK (Denmark) |
| 39 | Lionel | Sanders | CAN (Canada) |
| 40 | Thor | Bendix Madsen | DNK (Denmark) |
| 41 | Nick | Thompson | AUS (Australia) |
| 42 | Tristan | Olij | NLD (Netherlands) |
| 43 | Mike | Phillips | NZL (New Zealand) |
| 44 | Jason | Pohl | CAN (Canada) |
| 45 | Tomasz | Szala | POL (Poland) |
| 46 | David | McNamee | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 47 | Kieran | Lindars | GBR (United Kingdom) |
| 48 | Menno | Koolhaas | NLD (Netherlands) |
| 49 | Kacper | Stepniak | POL (Poland) |
| 50 | Finn | Große-Freese | DEU (Germany) |
| 51 | Ben | Hamilton | NZL (New Zealand) |
| 52 | Leonard | Arnold | DEU (Germany) |
| 53 | Ben | Kanute | USA (United States of America) |
| 54 | Cameron | Wurf | AUS (Australia) |
| 55 | Dylan | Magnien | FRA (France) |
| 56 | Igor | Amorelli | BRA (Brazil) |
