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Ironman China announced today that the swim portion of the event, set to take place on May 29 in Jixian, Tianjin, has been cancelled. The decision affects both the Ironman 70.3 and Ironman races, scheduled to debut in and around the Yu Bridge Reservoir. Both races will be conducted as bike-run duathlons, as would occur if the cancellation was due to weather or other natural causes. Read the story »
For the first time in the event's short history, Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China have sold out all international and regional entries for the May 29 event. At least 900 competitors, including over 100 Mainland Chinese, are signed up and preparing for a unique Ironman adventure in China in just over two months' time. While entries for Mainland Chinese remain open, the current sign-up already far exceeds the number of Chinese that raced in any of the event's previous editions held on Hainan Island. Read the story »
General entry for both Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China is close to selling out for the first time. Both races have just over a dozen entry places remaining for the combined event, which takes place on May 29, 2011. Read the story »
Ironman China has more up its sleeve for 2011 than a shiny new website: it has a new venue as well. After debuting in 2008 in Haikou city on the northeastern coast of Hainan island, the race will take place this year in Jixian, a city situated 65 miles from Beijing in the northern province of Tianjin. Read the story »
General entry for the combined 2011 Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China event - to take place on the new date of Sunday, May 29, 2011 in Jixian, Tianjin Province (50 minutes from Beijing International Airport) - will open on Friday, January 7 at 1pm CST. Early bird prices will be available until Monday, January 31. Read the story »
Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China will now take place at the new venue of Jixian, Tianjin Province, on May 22, 2011. Read the story »
It was another hot day of racing at the 2010 Ironman China, with Australia's Luke McKenzie and the American Amy Marsh each taking the lead early in the day and dominating from there to take the titles. Read the story »
All eyes are on the temperature as race week approaches and the North corner of Hainan Island settles into tropical triathlon fever in preparation for Ironman China this Sunday. Though the climate is unseasonably chilly at a low 11 degrees (Celsius) today, the temperature is forecast to increase by almost 20 degrees by the weekend. Now in its third year, Ironman China is established as one of the toughest Ironman races on the events calendar and has attracted many of the world's finest, and perhaps most ambitious, Ironman triathletes to Haikou. Read the story »
