2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

The 2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition that was held in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada on September 7, 2014 and won by Javier Gomez of Spain 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 16, 2013 through July 27, 2014. 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 was distributed to the top 10 male and female professional athletes, a $50,000 increase from the previous year.[2]

Ironman 70.3 World Championship
LocationMont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
DateSeptember 7, 2014
Champions
Men Javier Gomez
Women Daniela Ryf

This was the first year of the championship event being held in a non-recurring location. Previously, the last eight annual races had been held in only two locations, the Las Vegas area for the prior three races, and Clearwater, Florida before that. In 2014, the championship race began changing locations each year.[3]

Championship results

Men
Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)		NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
3:41:30Javier Gomez Spain22:092:442:06:180:541:09:27
3:42:11Jan Frodeno Germany22:102:452:05:490:531:10:37
3:44:38Tim Don Great Britain22:412:532:05:181:031:12:45
43:46:03Lionel Sanders Canada26:422:512:04:140:561:11:22
53:46:25Nils Frommhold Germany22:392:572:05:110:541:14:45
63:46:34Joe Gambles Australia22:582:522:04:550:561:14:56
73:47:07Tim Reed Australia23:022:572:04:531:041:15:13
83:48:05Bart Aernouts Belgium24:383:032:06:081:001:13:18
93:48:20Terenzo Bozzone New Zealand23:022:462:05:010:471:16:47
103:48:44Will Clarke Great Britain23:022:472:07:130:561:14:48
Source:[4][5]

Women
Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)		NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
4:09:19Daniela Ryf  Switzerland24:043:102:16:460:501:24:31
4:11:43Jodie Swallow Great Britain23:593:102:19:280:581:24:11
4:14:55Heather Wurtele Canada26:243:222:21:540:571:22:20
44:16:03Meredith Kessler United States24:363:342:22:321:101:24:13
54:17:03Mary Beth Ellis United States24:013:092:20:041:051:28:46
64:17:47Radka Vodičková Czech Republic24:323:052:25:430:561:23:34
74:18:16Lisa Hütthaler Austria26:263:082:25:250:551:22:24
84:18:48Svenja Bazlen Germany24:343:162:25:350:541:24:31
94:19:52Rachel McBride Canada26:333:242:22:300:471:26:40
104:20:38Magali Tisseyre Canada24:373:082:25:320:521:26:31
Source:[4][5]

Qualification

The 2014 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 59 events that enabled qualification to the 2014 World Championship event. Professional triathletes qualified for the championship race by competing in races during the qualifying period, earning points towards their pro rankings. An athlete's five highest scoring races were 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, as well as last year's Ironman World Champions and Hy-Vee Triathlon winners received an automatic qualifying spot.[1] Professional athletes were also eligible for prize purses at each qualifying event, which ranged in total size from $15,000 to $250,000.[1]

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. Some 70.3 events also served as qualifiers for the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.[6] However, the 2014 qualifying year would be the final year for the current five, non-hand cycle, qualifying races in this capacity. This was to accommodate for the increased number of qualifying slots created from the newly added full Ironman events.[7]

Qualifying Ironman 70.3 events
DateEventLocation[8]
Aug 18, 2013Ironman 70.3 Timberman Gilford, New Hampshire
Aug 18, 2013Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon Yeppoon, Queensland
Aug 24, 2013Ironman 70.3 Brazil Brasilia, Brazil
Sep 1, 2013Ironman 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria
Sep 1, 2013Ironman 70.3 Ireland Galway, Ireland
Sep 8, 2013Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg‡ Luxembourg
Sep 8, 2013Ironman 70.3 Muskoka Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
Sep 8, 2013Ironman 70.3 World Championship Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 15, 2013Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Sep 22, 2013Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix Aix-en-Provence, France
Sep 22, 2013Ironman 70.3 Cozumel Cozumel, Mexico
Sep 29, 2013Ironman 70.3 Augusta Augusta, Georgia
Oct 5, 2013Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote Lanzarote, Spain
Oct 27, 2013Ironman 70.3 Miami Miami, Florida
Oct 27, 2013Ironman 70.3 Austin Austin, Texas
Nov 2, 2013Ironman 70.3 Taiwan Hengchun, Taiwan
Nov 10, 2013Ironman 70.3 Australian Pro Championship† Mandurah, Australia
Nov 17, 2013Ironman 70.3 Shepparton Shepparton, Victoria
Dec 15, 2013Ironman 70.3 Canberra Canberra, ACT
Jan 12, 2014Ironman 70.3 Pucón Pucón, Chile
Jan 19, 2014Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship† Auckland, New Zealand
Jan 26, 2014Ironman 70.3 South Africa Buffalo City, South Africa
Feb 9, 2014Ironman 70.3 Geelong Geelong, Victoria
Feb 16, 2014Ironman 70.3 Latin American Championship Panama City, Panama
Mar 16, 2014Ironman 70.3 Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
Mar 29, 2014Ironman 70.3 California Oceanside, California
Apr 6, 2014Ironman 70.3 Brazil Brasilia, Brazil
Apr 6, 2014Ironman 70.3 Texas Galveston, Texas
Apr 13, 2014Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya Putrajaya, Malaysia
Apr 13, 2014Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico
Apr 13, 2014Ironman 70.3 Florida Haines City, Florida
Apr 13, 2014Ironman 70.3 New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
May 3, 2014Ironman 70.3 Busselton Busselton, Western Australia
May 3, 2014Ironman 70.3 U.S. Pro Championship St. George, Utah
May 4, 2014Ironman 70.3 St Croix† Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
May 10, 2014Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain
May 18, 2014Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix Aix-en-Provence, France
May 25, 2014Ironman 70.3 Austria St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria
May 31, 2014Ironman 70.3 Hawaii† Kohala, Hawaii
Jun 1, 2014Ironman 70.3 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Jun 1, 2014Ironman 70.3 Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina
Jun 1, 2014Ironman 70.3 Japan Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Jun 7, 2014Ironman 70.3 Boise Boise, Idaho
Jun 8, 2014Ironman 70.3 Cairns Cairns, Queensland
Jun 8, 2014Ironman 70.3 Italy Pescara,Italy
Jun 8, 2014Ironman 70.3 Eagleman† Cambridge, Maryland
Jun 8, 2014Ironman 70.3 Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
Jun 15, 2014Ironman 70.3 Boulder Boulder, Colorado
Jun 15, 2014Ironman 70.3 U.K. Wimbleball, Exmoor, UK
Jun 21, 2014Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg Luxembourg
Jun 22, 2014Ironman 70.3 Aarhus Aarhus, Denmark
Jun 22, 2014Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
Jun 22, 2014Ironman 70.3 Syracuse Syracuse, New York
Jun 29, 2014Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake‡ Lubbock, Texas
Jul 6, 2014Ironman 70.3 Norway Haugesund, Norway
Jul 12, 2014Ironman 70.3 Muncie Muncie, Indiana
Jul 13, 2014Ironman 70.3 Vineman Sonoma County, California
Jul 20, 2014Ironman 70.3 Racine Racine, Wisconsin
Jul 27, 2014Ironman 70.3 Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada

†Also serves as a 2014 Ironman World Championship qualifier.
‡Also serves as the handcycle championships and as 2014 Ironman World Championship handcycle qualifier

The Ironman 70.3 Berlin race, scheduled to take place on July 13, 2014, was canceled on April 30, 2014. Ironman cited that the race licensee, SCC Events, was unable to get the city of Berlin to approve a bike course route.[9]

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.[10][11][12]

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.[13][14]

References
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