Kona Start List 2022: British and Irish Age-Group men racing at IM WC

It’s not just the Pro athletes who have been waiting three years for this week’s IRONMAN World Championship event. For many long distance amateur athletes, the World Champs in Kona is the dream.

This year will have by far the biggest entry ever, with the racing now held over two days, in part to allow for a catch-up on all of the athletes who have Kona-qualified, but not been able to take up their place on the pier, as a result of the global pandemic.

The Pro and Age-Group women will race on Thursday 6 October 2022. The Pro men will race on Saturday 8 October 2022, while the Age-Group men will be split across both days. We’ve already published the full Pro start lists elsewhere (WOMEN | MEN).

While the digital medium allows us to have global view on the sport, we also enjoy following the progress of athletes closer to our physical location. With that in mind – as we have for many years now in Kona – here are the full listings of all of the British and Irish Age-Group MEN set to race in Hawaii

(You can find the Age-Group Women on this link).

A few names to note

Martin Gannon (M65-69) was a winner in St George earlier this year, and has twice finished on the podium (fourth) at the IRONMAN World Championship. He will be up against Rodolphe Von Berg senior, who beat him at IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea.

We’ve got an in-depth feature all about the Gannons right here.

Paul Lunn (M50-54) is a Kona regular, having finished fifth (2017) and third (2018). He won his age-group this year at IRONMAN Austria, and recently won the Vitruvian triathlon overall.

Another name with his eyes on those Umeke trophies will be Neil Eddy (M35-39). Neil is part of the Zwift Academy Tri Team this season, and he finished second in his category in 2019.

Best wishes to everyone racing from all at TRI247!

*** NOTE *** The athlete information below was extracted from the official race start lists, based on data as at September 7, 2022. Therefore, if there are any errors then that is probably the source!

However, we would like to ensure we have the correct information, so if you do spot any mistakes then please do get in touch with us via editor@tri247.com and we will amend.

UK & Ireland AG Men Kona 2022