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2023 VINFAST IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO HOLD DEDICATED WOMEN\u2019S AND MEN\u2019S RACE DAYS AS TWO-DAY FORMAT CONTINUES IN KAILUA-KONA, HAWAI`I FOR 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TAMPA, Fla. <\/strong>(July 28, 2022) \u2014 IRONMAN, in collaboration with local and state officials in Hawai`i, announced today that the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN\u00ae<\/sup> World Championship triathlon will continue with a two-day format in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 12 & 14. This year, for the first time in the 40-plus year history of triathlon\u2019s pinnacle event, the 2022 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship will take place over two days in Kona, Hawai`i on October 6 & 8. With the two-day format set to continue in 2023, IRONMAN will have a dedicated day of racing for the women\u2019s field on Thursday and the men\u2019s field on Saturday, allowing for full focus and coverage on each race and its competitors as well as the Island of Hawai`i like never before. \u6765\u5e74\u3082\u30b3\u30ca\u306f2\u65e5\u9593\u306b\u5206\u3051\u3066\u958b\u50ac\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4eca\u5e74\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u306f\u3053\u308c\u304b\u3089\u3060\u304c\u3001\u65e9\u304f\u3082\u6765\u5e74\u304c\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u307e\u305a\u306f\u4eca\u5e74\u306e\u5927\u4f1a\u3092\u898b\u5b88\u308a\u305f\u3044\u3002 2023 VINFAST IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO … \u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 IRONMAN Press\u300cWOMEN\u2019S AND MEN\u2019S RACE DAYS AS TWO-DAY FORMAT CONTINUES IN KONA FOR 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6frpn-aT3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41853"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41866,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41853\/revisions\/41866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/triathlon-geronimo.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/e58bb08e-be43-9281-76f4-15d744c90315.jpg\")
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\u201cThe County of Hawai`i and IRONMAN have a long history of working together closely to ensure this global event is conducted safely and with due respect for the needs of the athletes, county residents, and worldwide visitors,\u201d said Hawai`i County Mayor, Mitch Roth. \u201cWith the 2022 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship occurring over two days in October, the County of Hawai`i is excited to once again host these champions in Kailua-Kona and Kohala, and looks forward to another epic VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in 2023. The partnership with IRONMAN has stood the test of time and we are grateful and humbled that the culture here has fed into the culture of IRONMAN, reflecting the aloha spirit and the theme of Holomua \u2014 to move forward \u2014 for the 2023 IRONMAN season.\u201d
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\u201cWe are grateful for our partners in Hawai`i and Kailua-Kona, for their support for over 40 years of this homegrown event that has captured the imagination of the world and turned into the pinnacle event of the sport of triathlon,\u201d said Andrew Messick, President and Chief Executive Officer for The IRONMAN Group. \u201cWe look forward to an incredible two-day event in 2022, and the ability in 2023 to further advance what a two-day format can look like with a focused women\u2019s race day and a men\u2019s race day.\u201d
Dedicated female and male race days will also now bring about increased qualifying opportunities, including expanded slot allocations at regional championships as well as increased opportunities for women at 17 IRONMAN triathlons from around the world, designated as Women For Tri\u00ae<\/sup> events. These events will consist of: 2022 Little Debbie IRONMAN Chattanooga presented by McKee A Family Bakery, IRONMAN Arizona, and GWM IRONMAN Western Australia, and 2023 IRONMAN New Zealand, IRONMAN African Championship \u2013 South Africa, Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas, IRONMAN European Championship \u2013 Hamburg, Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship \u2013 Cairns, IRONMAN Coeur d\u2019Alene, IRONMAN France, IRONMAN UK, IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz, ViewSport IRONMAN Lake Placid, IRONMAN Kalmar, IRONMAN Ireland, Subaru IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant, and IRONMAN Copenhagen.
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Those Women For Tri designated events will aim to further grow participation and celebrate women in the sport while also creating more than 1,200 additional opportunities to qualify for the biggest stage in the sport \u2013 The VinFast IRONMAN World Championship. These designated events were determined based on a number of factors including time of year, regional race calendars, as well as their propensity to grow female participation based on relatively higher levels of female participation or areas where further growth opportunities exist.
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A full list of qualifying events and slot allotment for the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship can be found at www.ironman.com\/im-world-championship-2023-slot<\/a>.
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While the number of athletes racing in IRONMAN events each year has increased considerably over the last 20 years, the number of athletes able to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship has remained relatively flat. With a two-day format, top age-groupers deserving a chance to compete on the world\u2019s stage will now have additional opportunities to qualify. Even with increased slots, however, it is expected that less than 6% of yearly IRONMAN participants around the world will ultimately make it to the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship. As one of the most sought-after experiences in all of mass participation sport, those who have made it to the IRONMAN World Championship continue to be among the world\u2019s elite, equating to approximately 0.00006% of the world\u2019s population.
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\u201cCreating a two-day race has been transformative for our IRONMAN\u00ae<\/sup> 70.3\u00ae<\/sup> World Championship, allowing for deeper and larger fields with men and women racing on different days, and ultimately providing benefit to all with cleaner races and focused coverage and attention on each race,\u201d Messick continued. \u201cWe are excited to now implement these principles into the IRONMAN World Championship with two days of racing in Hawai`i.\u201d
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In 2017, IRONMAN first held a two-day IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship with women racing on one day and the majority of men racing on the other, and has seen correlated growth of female participation at IRONMAN 70.3 events since that time, both globally and regionally where the world championship was held. After the pandemic impacted the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, resulting in a one-day event, the two-day format returns in 2022 and will continue for 2023.
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Like the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship, the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship taking place in Lahti, Finland, will also see dedicated women\u2019s and men\u2019s race days. Additionally, the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will include increased female qualifying opportunities at 20 designated Women For Tri events around the world. A full list of qualifying events and slot allotment for the 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship can be found at www.ironman.com\/im703-world-championship-2023-slot-allocation<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0
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\u201cI\u2019m thrilled by the news that the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship will hold a dedicated women\u2019s race for the first time in 2023,\u201d said IRONMAN Hall of Famer Julie Moss. \u201cWomen have a long history of stealing the spotlight in Kona! A separate day of racing guarantees the professional and age group women their time to shine. These amazing athletes deserve the opportunity to showcase their talents, separate and apart from the men. This is truly a cause for celebration.\u201d
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For more information about the 2022 and 2023 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship event, please visit www.ironman.com\/im-world-championship<\/a>. For more information about the 2023 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, please visit www.ironman.com\/im703-world-championship<\/a>.
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For more information about the Women For Tri\u00ae<\/sup> initiative, visit www.ironman.com\/womenfortri<\/a>, follow on Instagram @womenfortri or contact womenfortri@ironman.com<\/a>.
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To learn more about the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 brands and series of events, please visit www.ironman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"