Ironman announces global broadcast schedule for 2023 season
Ironman announces its broadcast schedule for the 2023 season, featuring 12 full-distance and 13 half-distance events around the globe.
Ironman has announced its broadcast schedule for the 2023 season, featuring 12 full-distance and 13 half-distance triathlons held across the globe. Fans will be able to watch both the men’s and women’s 2023 Ironman World Championship on ironman.com/LIVE, as well as on Ironman's YouTube and Facebook channels. The Ironman 70.3 series will include 13 events, including the two-day Ironman 70.3 World Championship triathlon in Lahti, Finland, which will be available for the second straight year on Outside Watch.
The 2023 broadcast season will begin in Southern California on April 1, with the Ironman 70.3 Oceanside.
The Big Picture: Ironman is one of the most popular and grueling triathlon events in the world. Athletes must swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles, and then run a full marathon of 26.2 miles. The full-distance IRONMAN is the pinnacle of the sport and includes 12 events around the world, culminating in the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The IRONMAN 70.3 series includes 113-kilometer (70.3 miles) races, which are half the distance of the full-distance races, and culminates in the VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship.
What they are saying: Julia Polloreno, Vice President, Content Production and Distribution for The Ironman Group, says, “We’re excited to deliver another full year of live race programming for both full-distance IRONMAN Series and half-distance Ironman 70.3 Series globally. The broadcasts will feature some of the top race destinations around the globe and bring audiences closer our racing than ever before. We couldn’t think of a better place to start than with the iconic 2023 Athletic Brewing Ironman 70.3 Oceanside triathlon in Southern California, where the origins of the sport lie.”
The bottom line: Ironman’s global broadcast schedule for the 2023 triathlon season will allow fans around the world to watch some of the top athletes in the sport compete in both full-distance and half-distance races. The broadcasts will feature stunning locations and provide viewers with an inside look at the world of professional triathlon. With the 2023 season set to kick off in Southern California on April 1.
Here are the Ironman events that will be broadcast live in 2023:
2023 IRONMAN Triathlon Series Broadcast Schedule | ||
Date | Event | Location |
April 1 | Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside North American TriClub Championship Southwest | Oceanside, Calif., USA |
April 22 | Memorial Herman IRONMAN The Americas Championship Texas | The Woodlands, Texas, USA |
May 6 | Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship St. George | St. George, Utah, USA |
May 13 | Visit Panama City Beach IRONMAN 70.3 Gulf Coast | Panama City Beach, Fla., USA |
May 21 | IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Tenn., USA |
June 4 | IRONMAN Hamburg European Championship – Men’s Race | Hamburg, Germany |
June 10 | IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder | Boulder, Colo., USA |
June 18 | IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg - Region Moselle | Region Moselle, Luxembourg |
June 18 | Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns Asia-Pacific Championship | Cairns, Australia |
June 25 | IRONMAN Coeur d'Alene | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA |
June 25 | IRONMAN 70.3 Elsinore | Elsinore, Denmark |
July 2 | Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt – Women’s Race | Frankfurt, Germany |
July 9 | IRONMAN Switzerland Thun | Thun, Switzerland |
July 16 | IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain |
July 23 | Athletic Brewing IRONMAN Lake Placid | Lake Placid, N.Y., USA |
July 30 | IRONMAN 70.3 Maine North American TriClub Championship Northeast | Augusta, Maine, USA |
Aug. 20 | IRONMAN Mont Tremblant WPRO | Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada |
Aug. 26 | VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship - Women’s Race | Lahti, Finland |
Aug. 27 | VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship – Men’s Race | Lahti, Finland |
Sept. 10 | VinFast IRONMAN World Championship - Men’s Race | Nice, France |
Sept. 17 | IRONMAN 70.3 Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Knokke-Heist, Belgium |
Sept. 24 | IRONMAN 70.3 Augusta | Augusta, Ga., USA |
Oct. 14 | VinFast IRONMAN World Championship - Women’s Race | Kona, Hawai`i, USA |
Oct. 21 | IRONMAN Portugal - Cascais | Cascais, Portugal |
Dec. 9 | IRONMAN 70.3 Taupo | Taupō, New Zealand |