Matthews and Løvseth clash again in star-studded IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See

It’s the last IRONMAN Pro Series race of the season before the respective World Championships and Zell am See in Austria next weekend (Sunday 31 August) promises to be a cracker.

On the women’s side especially we have a stellar start list, headed by Kat Matthews (GBR) as she puts the finishing touches to what has so far been a near-perfect build to the IRONMAN World Championship.

But Olympian Solveig Løvseth (NOR) has taken the long-distance world by storm since moving up and takes Matthews on, as do Anne Reischmann (GER) and local favourite Lisa Perterer.

The men’s field meanwhile features Jonas Hoffmann (GER) and Cam Wurf (AUS).

Women’s field

IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun – to give it its full title – features over 100 professionals, one of the largest fields for a 70.3 event outside of European and World Championship races.

Matthews wears bib #1 for the women, hot off the heels of her 70.3 Swansea win last month.

She started the season with victory at IRONMAN Texas and was then second in the full-distance race of the year so far, behind reigning IRONMAN World Champ Laura Philipp at IRONMAN Hamburg.

In third that day in the quickest ever time (8:12:28) by an IRONMAN debutant was Løvseth.

She went on to win IRONMAN Lake Placid but was given a run for her money there by Austrian mid-distance expert Perterer who reopposes here.

Also in the reckoning will be Reischmann who won IRONMAN South Africa at the start of the campaign.

She’s part of a super-strong German challenge which also features arguably the sport’s fastest runner in Daniela Kleiser and short course star Lena Meißner.

Men’s field

Over in the men’s, the start list also shows a strong German contingent.

They are headed by Hoffmann, with three top-five finishes to his name this year.

Australian duo Wurf and Nick Thompson will bring added dynamism to the race while Brits Andrew Horsfall-Turner and Cameron Main go up against them – Horsfall-Turner is a big contender to lead out the swim, while Main has already claimed a second this season at 70.3 Venice-Jesolo.

And an interesting name down the list is Switzerland’s Adrien Briffod who is making real waves in trail running, notching a top five at the iconic Sierre-Zinal recently.

Start lists in full

FEMALE PRO FIELD
Bib	First Name	Last Name	Nationality
F1	Kat	Matthews	GBR
F2	Anne	Reischmann	DEU
F3	Solveig	Løvseth	NOR
F4	Lisa	Perterer	AUT
F5	Lotte	Wilms	NLD
F6	Laura	Jansen	DEU
F7	Henrike	Güber	DEU
F8	Daniela	Kleiser	DEU
F9	Jenny	Jendryschik	DEU
F10	Rebecca	Clarke	NZL
F11	Charlene	Clavel	FRA
F12	Sara	Svensk	SWE
F13	Katrine	Græsbøll Christensen	DNK
F14	Marta	Lagownik	POL
F15	Lena	Meißner	DEU
F16	Daisy	Davies	GBR
F17	Stephanie	Clutterbuck	GBR
F18	Nina	Derron	CHE
F19	Jana	Uderstadt	DEU
F20	Laura	Addie	GBR
F21	Luisa	Iogna Prat	ITA
F23	Leana	Bissig	CHE
F24	Anastacia	Damm Nielsen	DNK
F25	Shiva	Leisner	DNK
F26	Madlen	Kappeler	DEU
F27	Mathilde	Cartier	CHE
F28	Anna	Pabinger	AUT
F29	Mariella	Sawyer	ZAF
F30	Lisa	Dornauer	AUT
F31	Carolin	Meyer	DEU
F32	Justine	Guerard	FRA
F33	Sarah	Schönfelder	DEU
F34	Lilli	Gelmini	ITA
F35	Tanja	Stroschneider	AUT
F36	Tina	Christmann	GBR
F37	Stephanie	Wunderle	DEU
F38	Sina	Ziegler	CHE
F39	Sophia	Stueckrad	DEU
F40	Courtney	Wevers	AUS
F41	Mareike	Guhl	DEU
F42	Alice	Fritzsche	CHE
F43	Nathalie	Krause	DEU
F44	Anna	Trützschler	DEU
F45	Marie	Luyckx	BEL
F46	Salome	De Barthez	PYF
F47	Katharina	Loidl	AUT
F48	Loanne	Duvoisin	CHE
F49	Sarah	Karollus	DEU

MALE PRO FIELD
Bib Number	First Name	Last Name	Country Represented
M1	Dominik	Sowieja	DEU
M2	Cameron	Wurf	AUS
M4	Jonas	Hoffmann	DEU
M5	Fabian	Kraft	DEU
M6	Dylan	Magnien	FRA
M7	Nick	Thompson	AUS
M8	Andrew	Horsfall-Turner	GBR
M9	Cameron	Main	GBR
M10	Milosz	Sowinski	POL
M11	Antony	Costes	FRA
M12	Maximilian	Sperl	DEU
M13	Juan Ignacio	Villarruel Curra	ESP
M15	Gregor	Payet	LUX
M16	Chris	Leiferman	USA
M17	Jannik	Schaufler	DEU
M18	Kevin	Mcdowell	USA
M19	Simon	Viain	FRA
M20	Johannes	Vogel	DEU
M21	Michele	Bortolamedi	ITA
M22	Rafael	Lukatsch	AUT
M23	Nils	Huckschlag	DEU
M24	Lasse	Nygaard Priester	DEU
M25	Jonathan	Wayaffe	BEL
M26	Dieter	Comhair	BEL
M27	Andreas	Dreitz	DEU
M29	Benjamin	Zorgnotti	PYF
M30	Timo	Schaffeld	DEU
M31	Vicente	Hernández Cabrera	ESP
M32	Michele	Sarzilla	ITA
M33	Arne	Leiss	DEU
M34	Neilan	Kempmann	DEU
M35	Cedric	Osterholt	DEU
M36	Morgan	Rhodes	GBR
M37	Robin	Hermann	CHE
M38	Niklas	Ludwig	DEU
M39	Cyrill	Knechtle	CHE
M40	Samuel	Böttinger	DEU
M41	Herbert	Enzinger	DEU
M42	Alessandro	Vita	ITA
M43	Lukáš	Kocar	CZE
M44	Laurin	Wehrle	DEU
M45	Florin	Parfuss	CHE
M46	Florian	Kandutsch	AUT
M48	Nicola	Piccinin	ITA
M49	Thomas	Ott	DEU
M50	Fabian	Schönke	DEU
M51	Alexander	Richter	DEU
M52	Adrien	Briffod	CHE
M53	Matthew	de Vroet	AUS
M54	Tim	Hellwig	DEU
M55	Christian	Haas	ITA
M56	Matthias	Steinwandter	ITA
M57	Damien	Le Mesnager	FRA
M58	Justus	Töpper	DEU
M59	Luis	Knabl	AUT
M60	Luca	Barbagallo	ITA

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