{"id":8269,"date":"2021-05-07T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8269"},"modified":"2021-05-07T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:24:33","slug":"ironman-70-3-staffordshire-our-pick-of-the-top-age-groupers-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8269","title":{"rendered":"Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire: our pick of the top age-groupers racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Ironman 70.3 Staffs has drawn some top pros to Shugborough next weekend, but there will also be an army of age-groupers out on the course \u2013 we take a look at some of the contenders\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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>>> Javier Gomez to race Ironman 70.3 Staffs<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s race<\/p>\n

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Pros<\/p>\n

The star of the show will undoubtedly be reigning 70.3 world champ Javier Gomez (ESP), who\u2019s also currently leading the World Triathlon Series points race.<\/p>\n

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His rivals on Sunday 14 June will include Wimbleball champ Will Clarke (GBR) and Estonion triathlete Marko Albert, a veteran of two Olympic games (Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008).<\/p>\n

Age-groupers<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s 30-34 category, our 2014 Coach of the Year and two-time age-group world champion Nick Dunn will be a tough nut to crack. His rivals will include Will Usher, a former national level swimmer and runner who\u2019s been coaching chef Gordon Ramsay (M45-49) for this same race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The men\u2019s 35-39 grouping includes Jason Walkley, ranked as a Gold All-World Ironman athlete and 2015 World 70.3 age-group qualifier, and Oliver Simon, who won the Ocean Lava Triathlon Wales last year and also finished 11th overall at Ironman Sweden with a time of 8:58hrs.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s race
\nPros<\/p>\n

A number of top British women will be lining up on Sunday 14th: recent Ironman South Africa medallists Lucy Gossage and Susie Cheetham; Nikki Bartlett, who came second at Challenge Weymouth Half last year, and Eleanor Haresign, who won the full Challenge Weymouth race; Team Dassi athlete Georgie Rutherford; top Xterra racer Jacqui Slack; and last year\u2019s Bastion winner Alice Hector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alice Hector wins The Bastion<\/em><\/p>\n

Age-groupers<\/p>\n

Out of the age-groupers, we\u2019re expecting a strong performance from Claire Hann (F30-34), who came second in the World Age-Group Champs in London in 2013, and won the European AG Champs in Alanya, Turkey in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Claire Hann<\/em><\/p>\n

Pushing hard for victory in the F35-39 category meanwhile will be Bethan Hughes, who came second in last year\u2019s British Standard Distance Championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ironman 70.3 Staffs will be taking place on Sunday 14 June through the four districts and boroughs of Cannock Chase, Lichfield, East Staffordshire and Stafford. It consists of a 1.9km swim, a 90km cycle and a 22.1km run, finishing at Shugborough country estate. For the full start lists head here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

220 Triathlon<\/em> will be on the ground throughout the race, covering all the action on Twitter and sharing the results on 220triathlon.com.<\/p>\n

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Are you racing Ironman 70.3 Staffs? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first Ironman 70.3 Staffs has drawn some top pros to Shugborough next weekend, but there will also be an army of age-groupers out on the course \u2013 we take a look at some of the contenders\u2026 Advertisement >>> Javier Gomez to race Ironman 70.3 Staffs Men\u2019s race Pros The star of the show will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}