IRONMAN Confirms 2025 Global Broadcast Schedule, Featuring Free Live Coverage of All IRONMAN Pro Series Races; Live Coverage Kicks Off Over the Weekend at IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong

March 21, 2025

- Free live broadcast to include all 18 IRONMAN Pro Series races including the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship triathlons in Nice and Kona, and the two-day IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon taking place in Marbella, Spain - IRONMAN Pro Series races kick off this weekend with IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong and will be available across multiple platforms for viewers around the world including proseries.ironman.com, YouTube, Outside TV, DAZN, iQIYI, and L'Equipe in France, among others - 10x IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Daniela Ryf and 5x IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Craig Alexander to join commentator team

TAMPA, Fla. (March 21 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – IRONMAN today confirmed its broadcast schedule for the 2025 season, featuring all 18 of the IRONMAN Pro Series races™ across nine months of the year and kicking off with this weekend’s IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong triathlon in Victoria, Australia. Following the success of the 2024 coverage, which saw over 36 million views across all races inclusive of live and replays, fans of the sport will yet again be able to watch the action play out at six full distance IRONMAN^® races and eight IRONMAN^® 70.3^® triathlons, as well as the women’s and men’s IRONMAN World Championship triathlons in Nice, France and Kona, Hawai`i, and the two-day IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon in Marbella, Spain.

The live broadcast coverage will be available to viewers in United States and Canada exclusively on Outside TV and for international audiences across multiple platforms, including proseries.ironman.com, IRONMAN Triathlon YouTube, DAZN, iQIYI, and L’Equipe in France. A full re-cap will be available on YouTube, with on-demand playback also available on DAZN and Outside+ for viewers in the United States and Canada.

“The IRONMAN Pro Series captivated triathlon fans last year, drawing in both longtime enthusiasts and new supporters as we brought them closer than ever to the action,” said Julia Polloreno, Vice President of Content Production and Distribution for The IRONMAN Group. “We’re thrilled to launch our second season, expanding our reach and delivering even more exhilarating racing and unforgettable moments. This year, we’re pushing the boundaries of live coverage with cutting-edge broadcast innovations that will elevate our storytelling. Plus, with seven new host venues for the 2025 season, fans can look forward to discovering incredible new race destinations.”

As part of IRONMAN’s mission to continue evolving the broadcast offering, for the first time this year professional athletes will be fitted with GPS trackers which will feedback real time data and positioning into the studio as well as being integrated into the on-screen leaderboard graphic. Starlink satellite technology will also be used at certain races to help eliminate dark zones and ensure that viewers don’t miss a second of the action.

The live broadcast commentary team will also see some new faces this year as 10-time IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Daniela Ryf and five-time IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Craig Alexander will be helping call in the action. They will join will the existing commentating team, made up of fellow G.O.A.Ts of the sport, including IRONMAN World Champions and Hall of Famers Greg Welch and Michellie Jones, as well as three-time time IRONMAN World Champion Mirinda Carfrae, and IRONMAN champions Dede Griesbauer and Michael Lovato. Matt Lieto will also be providing analysis from both on the course and in the studio throughout the 2025 season.

Various guest commentators will also join throughout the season to provide their own unique perspectives and insights to the live coverage

The action kicks off this weekend down-under in Geelong, where nearly 60 professional athletes will race in the first IRONMAN Pro Series event of the 2025 season.

The full broadcast schedule is below:

“A Fighting Chance” – Presented by HOKA.

“A Fighting Chance”, available on IRONMAN Triathlon YouTube, will also return through the 2025 season providing fans with exclusive behind the scenes content of select professional athletes as they prepare for their respective races.

A pre-season show made up of four episodes is also available now. Featuring fan favorites Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR), Gustav Iden (NOR), Taylor Knibb (USA), Magnus Ditlev (NOR) and Kat Matthews (GBR) viewers can get a glimpse into their pre-season training and hear their goals for the year ahead.

Ahead of IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong this Sunday 23 March, a pre-race show will also be available featuring 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens (BEL) and Australian race hopeful’s Jasmine Brown, Kurt McDonald and Nat Van Coevorden as they discuss gameplay and competition.

In an updated format for the 2025 season, IRONMAN will drop an episode in advance of each IRONMAN Pro Series race, featuring a short recap of the prior IRONMAN Pro Series race, interviews with the winners, an update on the points and standings, and a preview of the upcoming race, alongside commentary from Daniela Ryf, providing a unique insider’s perspective.

For more information on the new IRONMAN Pro Series and the 2025 IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events around the globe that will be broadcast live, visit proseries.ironman.com.

For more information on the IRONMAN brand and global event series, visit www.ironman.com.

Media related inquiries may be directed to press@ironman.com.

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About IRONMAN Pro Series 

The IRONMAN Pro Series™ is a year-long performance-based world series that showcases and rewards top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money, on their way to claiming the title of IRONMAN Pro Series champion and a lion’s share of the lucrative $1.7 million USD year-end bonus prize pool.  Along the way, athletes will battle for the prize money offered at each individual IRONMAN Pro Series triathlon, equating to over $2.5 million USD, as well as coveted world championship qualifying slots. Open to approximately 1,000 eligible professional triathletes worldwide, the IRONMAN Pro Series ushers in a new era of IRONMAN racing where Every Second Matters – every second behind the race winner equates to a point earned or lost. Incorporating iconic distances, challenging courses, and stunning destinations, every IRONMAN Pro Series race will be broadcast live and free to a global audience. In 2025, the IRONMAN Pro Series will be contested over 18 events and 17 race locations around the globe, including a combination of six IRONMAN^® and eight IRONMAN^® 70.3^® triathlons, as well as the IRONMAN World Championship^® women’s and men’s races and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon. An additional 40 events outside of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series will also offer IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 professional racing fields with world championship qualifying opportunities, and over $1.8 million USD in prize money. This creates a total professional prize purse of over $6 million USD in 2025. For more information, visit proseries.ironman.com.

About The IRONMAN Group

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN^® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll^® Running Series, IRONKIDS^®, premier running events including the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon™ and City2Surf^®, UTMB^® World Series trail-running events including the Canyons Endurance Runs™ by UTMB^®, Tarawera Ultra-Trail™ by UTMB^® and Ultra-Trail Australia™ by UTMB^®, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic^®, road cycling events, and other multisport races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world, providing participants the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast offerings. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN^® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE^® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. For more information, visit www.ironman.com/about-ironman-group.