IRONMAN World Championship third field finisher says Kona success nonetheless formula the most
Despite the IRONMAN World Championship animated a ways flung from Kona to Good for the males’s high-tail ideal season, third field finisher Magnus Ditlev nonetheless sees Hawaii as the lawful home of Ironman.
The Danish megastar, talking to TRI247 before the upcoming season, shared his plans to peak for a shot at the area title in October and published why a plot close on the Gigantic Island would indicate so worthy.
Partial to the route and atmosphere in Good, the 26-one year-venerable helps the muse of a rotating world championship venue however referred to as for the reunification of the males and females’s races.
“There is with out a doubt one thing magical in Kona”
Having raced every the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona and Good, Ditlev said every classes are very diversified, with the finest staunch similarity the new prerequisites.
![Sam Laidlow, Patrick Lange, Magnus Ditlev - IRONMAN World Championship 2023 podium Nice, France](https://www.tri247.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ironman-world-champs-nice-2023-men-podium.jpeg)
“They’re very diversified so it’s quite sophisticated to analysis. The classes are so diversified and there are doubtlessly now not many similarities, diversified than the indisputable reality that they were every reasonably hot, however Kona in a diversified contrivance.
“I in actual fact in actual fact most standard racing in Good and the muse of having the World Championship rotating. I nonetheless haven’t settled on if it might perchance also nonetheless return to Kona.
“There’s with out a doubt one thing magical about Hawaii and in case you quiz me in this moment if I would reasonably plot close in Good or Kona, I would notify Kona with out a doubt. It nonetheless has this affirm in the sport, so I would nonetheless adore for it to return assist to Kona many times.”
Separate days however identical contrivance
Discussing the split which noticed the ladies and males high-tail in separate locations, Ditlev said he is fervent on every high-tail having their maintain day, however doesn’t like that they must now not held in the the same venue.
![Magnus Ditlev at the men's IRONMAN World Championships.](https://www.tri247.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1-1-e1694385933209.jpeg)
“What I in actual fact didn’t like that worthy used to be the split of the males and females. I maintain it worked in actual fact effectively in Kona when males and females had their maintain day, however if I might well well I would catch to bear every races in the the same field.
“I maintain that used to be an staunch thing for the sport and every for the males and females, so women might well additionally get the eye they deserve.
“But in actual fact splitting it up over two very diversified like locations, I maintain to illustrate from an age team standpoint, lots of the age groupers are doing it as a family accomplishing.
“So if one accomplice goes to achieve Good and the diversified will then attain Kona, then they must catch where to head and it might perchance get very dear in a short time.”
Uncover more
most original News