#122 - Ironman New Zealand Preview

#122 - Ironman New Zealand Preview

From Talking Triathlon by Tim Ford

March 6, 2026 · 1h 3m · Episode 122

About this episode

The episode previews the Ironman New Zealand race and discusses the strong athlete lineups for Challenge Roth.

We start with the full Challenge Roth start list which just keeps getting stronger. Laura Philipp has now been added to the women's field, setting up a potential showdown with Kat Matthews in what could quickly become a race against the Ironman world best time. The men's field has also been bolstered with the additions of Sam Laidlow, Rico Bogen, Jonas Schomburg and Patrick Lange, creating a lineup where the pace could be pushed from the start. Lionel Sanders is back doing Lionel Sanders things, saying he is once again all in on Kona and describing the race as his Olympics as he builds his season around October. From there we run through the full T100 Gold Coast start list which now includes short course athletes Jess Fullagar and Nicole van der Kaay stepping into the series. We finish with Ironman New Zealand in Taupo. Kristian Blummenfelt leads the men's race but the field also includes Mike Phillips, Kyle Smith and Pierre Le Corre. On the women's side Kat Matthews headlines the race. For 10% OFF the entire Huub range use the code "Talkingtriathlon10" at https://huubdesign.com To support the podcast please head to: patreon.com/talkingtriathlon To watch this podcast as a video…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Ford

Topics covered

  • Ironman New Zealand
  • Challenge Roth
  • triathlon preview
  • athlete lineups
  • race analysis

Keywords

  • Ironman New Zealand
  • Challenge Roth
  • triathlon
  • athletes
  • race preview

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Places: Taupo, Gold Coast

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