Afrigather It looks like Christmas has come early for triathlon followers this week, after IRONMAN introduced the skilled fields for the primary race of the Professional Collection in Oceanside subsequent month.
The beginning record, which comprises a number of IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champions, is assured to have viewers on the sting of their seats on April 6.
Headlining the ladies’s area, two-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Taylor Knibb will look to regain her title, while on the lads’s aspect, two-time IRONMAN Champion Patrick Lange debuts in SoCal.
Battle of the champions
In Oceanside, Knibb can be joined on the beginning record by quite a lot of different former Oceanside winners, together with Canadians Paula Findlay and Tamara Jewett, the defending champion.
British stars Fenella Langridge and Emma Pallant-Browne may even lineup in California, with Pallant-Browne seeking to bounce again from a disappointing DNF on the Miami T100 earlier this month.
Elsewhere on the beginning record, Grace Thek of Australia makes the journey over to the West Coast, having already secured her slot to the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship this season with a second place end in Tasmania.
Different names to look out for are People Daniella Lewis and Lauren Brandon, with Danish professional Maja Stage Nielsen one other sturdy contender who will look to make her mark on a prime tier race.
Lionel v Lange v Laundry
While Lange isn’t greatest recognized for his center distance prowess, the German’s skills communicate for themselves, with the 37-year-old possessing a run leg that even the quickest runners within the area can be cautious of.
Up towards him, former champions Jackson Laundry and Lionel Sanders of Canada will hope so as to add one other title to their collections, with Sanders specifically garnering an enormous quantity of curiosity together with his pre-season preparations.
From the brief course world, Belgian Olympian Jelle Geens will hope to comply with within the footsteps of final yr’s winner Leo Bergere, who used his Olympic distance expertise to his benefit as he took down a high quality lengthy course contingent in 2023.
Lastly, flying the flag for Group USA, Miami T100 podium finisher Sam Long can be a heavy favorite to take the crown in Oceanside after a stellar exhibiting in Florida earlier this month.
