The world’s top women will take center stage as the 2025 IRONMAN
®World Championship
® returns to the Island of Hawai`i on Saturday, October 11 in Kailua-Kona. Live and free race day coverage will be broadcast across multiple platforms for global viewers including
proseries.ironman.com,
DAZN,
YouTube,
Outside TV exclusively for the U.S. and Canada,
L’Équipe in France,
HR TV and
ARD TV Live in Germany, ESPN (within
Disney+) for viewers in the Caribbean and Latin America,
iQIYI in China,
SuperSport in South Africa, and
RTVE Play in Spain.
The live broadcast coverage will give viewers a front row seat to all the action of the women’s IRONMAN World Championship. Viewers will have an inside look as the top female professional athletes battle it out on the world's most iconic stage of triathlon for a piece of the $375,000 USD women’s professional prize purse and the crown of IRONMAN World Champion, with the winner taking home $125,000 USD and 6,000 IRONMAN Pro Series points.
To continue showcasing the magic of Hawai`i to the world, the IRONMAN broadcast team will be calling the action live from the Hulihe`e Palace studio in Kona, featuring three-time IRONMAN World Champion Mirinda Carfrae and IRONMAN World Champion Greg Welch. They will be supported with sideline analysis provided by five-time IRONMAN World Champion Daniela Ryf, IRONMAN Champion Fenella Langridge, and others, with special guests throughout the race day coverage.
Body marking coverage will start at 4:30 a.m. HST commercial free and globally available on IRONMAN YouTube and
proseries.ironman.com. At 6:00 a.m. HST the race broadcast starts with global audiences able to watch on
proseries.ironman.com, Outside TV’s App and Web platforms, DAZN, YouTube, and iQIYI.
Region exclusive race broadcasts will also begin at 6:00 a.m. HST, via Outside TV for U.S. and Canada; ESPN (via Disney+) for Latin America and the Caribbean; SuperSport for South Africa, and RTVE Play in Spain. In-language commentary will be available in France on La Chaîne L'Équipe from 6:00 p.m. CET and in Germany on HR TV Live from 6:15 p.m. to 03:10 a.m. CET and ARD TV Live from 00:55 a.m. to 03:10 a.m. CET. In Germany, the full livestream will also be shown on
sportschau.de and
ard.mediathek.de.
A live finish line camera feed will also pick up once the broadcast ends to ensure that every athlete’s crowning achievement will be accessible to friends and family at home. Viewers may tune in to IRONMAN Triathlon’s YouTube Channel
www.youtube.com/@ironmantriathlon to spot their loved ones and cheer the final finishers over the line remotely.
Key moments from the extensive live coverage will include*:
| TIME (local time zone) |
COVERAGE |
CHANNELS |
| 4:30 a.m. |
Live commercial free pre-race show begins with body marking |
All regions:
|
| 6:00 a.m. |
Race broadcast starts |
All regions (except U.S., Canada, LATAM & The Caribbean):
U.S. & Canada:
France (French Commentary):
- La Chaîne L'Équipe from 6:00 p.m. CET
Germany (German Commentary):
- HR TV between 6:15 p.m. - 03:10 a.m. CET
- ARD TV Live between 00:55 a.m. – 03:10 a.m. CET
- Full livestream available on sportschau.deand ard.mediathek.de
- ARD: Highlights Sportschau on Sunday
Latin America & The Caribbean
China
South Africa
Spain
- RTVE Play
- Highlights on Teledeporte
|
| 6:25 a.m. |
Race Start - Professional Athletes |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Estimated finish time for the winner |
*All times listed HST AN IRON WILLThe latest episode of
AN IRON WILL landed earlier this week; a curtain-raiser to the women’s edition of the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon.
Episode 7 – Nice, looks back at the scintillating race that was the women’s 2024 IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France, featuring a play-by-play recap of the professional race with insight from the athletes themselves. The episode also heroes inspiring age-group athletes. Season 1 and Episodes 1-7 of Season 2 of
AN IRON WILL are all available to watch for free now on the
IRONMAN YouTube channel, DAZN, and Outside TV for viewers in the US and Canada.
A Fighting Chance Presented by HOKAFollow the @ironmantri
YouTube for a behind the scenes view of what it takes to have a chance at world-title glory. The latest episodes of
A Fighting Chance presented by HOKA will drop during race week of the women’s 2025 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon in Kona, Hawai`i. Eight of the top female professionals competing in Kona will feature, with three episodes live on IRONMAN’s You Tube Channel on Sunday, October 5, Tuesday, October 7, and Thursday, October 9.
Follow the
@ironmantri social channels to be kept up to date with all the latest 2025 IRONMAN World Championship content.