Triathlon

Opinion: IRONMAN’s Changes to Kona Qualification Are Commendable. They Don’t Go Far Enough.

IRONMAN this morning announced revisions to its Kona qualification system. The brief headline: the performance pools are now split by gender, with men and women receiving their own slots outside...

Triathlon

IRONMAN Revamps Kona Qualification System to Increase Women’s Performance Pool Numbers

Changes will be retroactive which means an additional 76 athletes will receive Kona slots from the first third of the 2026 Kona qualifying cycle.

Triathlon

An Alternative Way Forward for Kona Slots

The current system isn’t perfect – it never was going to be right out of the gate, but the principle behind it has potential to be able to achieve what we want out of a qualification system.

Triathlon

Stop the Central Planning: How to Fix Kona Qualification

IRONMAN qualification shoudn't pit men against women, or different age-group competitors against each other. A suggested formula for Kona qualification.

Triathlon

More Takeaways from IRONMAN Lake Placid

Records, roll downs, impressive debuts and more we noticed from the Adirondacks yesterday.