{"id":19660,"date":"2022-11-30T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=123225"},"modified":"2022-11-30T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:51:54","slug":"ironman-to-move-2023-mens-world-champs-away-from-kona-report-suggests","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/ironman-to-move-2023-mens-world-champs-away-from-kona-report-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Ironman to move 2023 men\u2019s world champs away from Kona, report suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Slade\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><strong>There are big changes coming in 2023 for the Ironman World Championship, it\u2019s been claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <strong><a href=\"\/\/tri-today.com\/2022\/11\/breaking-ironman-moves-world-championship-to-nice-mens-and-womens-race-will-rotate-between-france-and-kona\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">report in <em>Triathlon Today<\/em><\/a><\/strong> suggests that Ironman will be holding the men\u2019s and women\u2019s world championships on different days <em>and<\/em> in different locations in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s claimed that the men\u2019s pro and age-group races will now take place in Nice, France, on 10 September, while the women are due to compete as planned in Kona, Hawaii, in October.<\/p>\n<p>The following year, in 2024, the races will swap around, with the men competing in Kona and the women competing in Nice.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds that the separation of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races will continue for at least several years, with an ongoing rotation between two venues.<\/p>\n<p>While Ironman itself has yet to comment publicly on the matter, <em>Triathlon Today<\/em> says the news has come from several anonymous sources including some that are \u201cdirectly connected to Ironman\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes following the first Ironman World Championship to hold a men\u2019s and women\u2019s race on separate days, which was widely praised for its ability to allow both men and women their own day in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were some issues with this year\u2019s world champs, with <strong><a href=\"&quot;\/news\/has-the-ironman-world-championship-become-too-elitist\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">prices soaring<\/a><\/strong> and Ironman reportedly <strong><a href=\"&quot;\/blog\/kona-two-days-or-too-dazed\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">struggling to recruit volunteers for two days of racing<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Given the date change, this could spell trouble for any Brits hoping to race both Ironman Wales and the Ironman World Championship, as the two events would be just one week apart.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, its suggested that the standard Ironman France Nice event will still take place in June as planned and won\u2019t be affected by the men\u2019s world champs travelling to the city in September.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve reached reached out to Ironman for comment and will update this article when we hear back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top image credit:<\/strong> Tom Pennington\/Getty Images for Ironman)<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Slade Published: Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 12:00 am There are big changes coming in 2023 for the Ironman World Championship, it\u2019s been claimed. A report in Triathlon Today suggests that Ironman will be holding the men\u2019s and women\u2019s world championships on different days and in different locations in 2023. 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A report in Triathlon Today suggests that Ironman will be holding the men\u2019s and women\u2019s world championships on different days and in different locations in 2023. 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