On Sunday, 13 July, nearly 60 professional triathletes will head to the south coast of Wales for the first time to compete in the IRONMAN®?70.3®Swansea triathlon, the 12th event in the 2025 IRONMAN® Pro Series. The event will offer a maximum of 2,500 points towards IRONMAN® Pro Series standings, a $50,000 USD?event total pro prize purse, and two slots per gender for the 2026 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon in Nice, France.?
The?event can be viewed live in person and will be broadcast across multiple platforms for viewers around the world, including?
proseries.ironman.com, Outside TV in the US and Canada, DAZN, L'Equipe in France, and ESPN (within Disney+) in Latin American and the Caribbean.?
Highlighting a top caliber women’s field will be 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series Champion Kat Matthews (GBR). Matthews, who has had a stellar start to her season with a stunning set of results at the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship and the Qatar Airways IRONMAN Hamburg European Championship races, currently sits in second position in the Series and will be on the hunt for points to push into the lead. Looking to retain her overall lead in this year’s Series will be Germany’s Anne Reischmann, whose victory at the ISUZU IRONMAN South Africa African Championship race positioned her as an early season threat. Wearing bib number one and looking to defend her title in Swansea will be Nikki Bartlett (GBR), who was also the fifth-place finisher at the 2024 IRONMAN World Championship®triathlon in Nice.
Also challenging for the title and IRONMAN Pro Series points in coastal Wales will be Daniela Kleiser (DEU) - one of the fastest middle-distance triathletes on the circuit, known for her dominant run pace. Kleiser already has the IRONMAN 70.3 Valencia Champion title under her belt, as well as two fourth place finishes at IRONMAN Pro Series races (Qatar Airways IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman and IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo triathlons), and should be atop of everyone’s race favorite picks. Hanne De Vet (BEL) will race her first IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon of the 2025 season, after clocking three podium finishes last year, and Lizzie Rayner (GBR) will return following an impressive second place finish at IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence triathlon in May. Megan Mcdonald, Laura Addie and Lydia Dant are also among the strong British contingent.
In the men’s field, bib number one will belong to defending champion Harry Palmer (GBR), whose win last year was followed by a respectable eighth place finish at the 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship race in Taupo.
Also heading to Swansea for the first time will be 2024 IRONMAN World Championship fourth place finisher, Leon Chevalier (FRA, who is looking to improve on his current 18th place position in the standings.
Cameron Wurf (AUS) also plans to start his seventh IRONMAN Pro Series race of the season, and currently sits second in the standings.
Not to be counted out are Sam Dickinson (GBR), Simon Viain (FRA), Kieran Lindars (GBR), and Matthew Collins (GBR) who had a breakthrough performance at the Qatar Airways IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman triathlon just a few weeks ago.
Below are the professional start lists (subject to change):
WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL FIELD
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The IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea triathlon begins at the Prince of Wales Dock kicking off with a 1.2-mile swim through Swansea Bay. Once out of the water, athletes will head out onto the 56-mile bike course that passes through the seaside village of Mumbles along roads that hug the Gower’s coastal clifftops before cycling out through the rural Welsh countryside and heading back into the city. The event will cap off with a 13.1-mile two loop run course which takes them from the city centre, out past the new eye-catching gold-colored Swansea Arena, towards Mumbles before heading back towards the finish line at the Marina.
In addition to the professional field, 2,500 registered participants?will compete at IRONMAN?70.3 Swansea triathlon on the same course, looking to earn age-group qualifying slots to the 2026 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon taking place in Nice, France.
For more information on the IRONMAN Pro Series visit Here.