If you are looking for additional information on the participants, you can find a full list of their pro results in the detail post.
Previous Results
Louisville is a relatively slow course (probably because of the heat) with a course rating of 2:53 (but quite some variation). Last year’s winners were Chris McDonald in 8:27 and Nina Kraft in 9:38. The course records are 08:25:27 by Victor Zyemtsev and 09:20:21 by Nina Kraft, both from 2009. This year, it is a 1.000 points race, so I don’t expect any Kona contenders to race this race.
Male Participants
Chris McDonald is back to defend his title:
Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Rank 1 Chris McDonald AUS 08:45:34 08:48:23 74 2 Patrick Evoe USA 08:50:13 08:53:03 100 3 Daniel Bretscher USA 09:06:15 09:09:10 198 4 Jim Lamastra 09:06:31 09:09:27 202 5 Ivan Albano BRA 09:19:10 09:22:10 303 6 Peter Kotland USA 09:28:07 09:31:09 372 7 Yeun Sik Ham KOR 09:40:08 09:43:14 447 8 Thomas Gerlach USA 09:47:19 09:50:28 507 9 Bojan Maric SCG 10:09:47 10:13:03 641 10 Reinaldo Oliveira BRA 10:09:48 10:13:04 642 11 Yong Taek Kim KOR 10:11:20 10:14:36 653 12 Andrew Hodges n/a unrated n/a 13 Timothy Beardall n/a unrated n/a 14 Jared Woodford n/a unrated n/a 15 Mike Hermanson n/a unrated n/a 16 Robert Wade n/a unrated n/a 17 Thomas Maliszewski n/a unrated n/a 18 Ed Donner n/a unrated n/a
He is also the one with the best winning odds:
- Chris McDonald: 51%
- Patrick Evoe: 41%
Other than these two, no athlete has a reasonable (statistical) chance of winning the race.
Female Participants
As for the men, last year’s winner Nina Kraft is back to defend her title:
Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Rank 1 Nina Kraft GER 09:34:21 09:37:25 31 2 Jessica Smith USA 09:46:04 09:49:12 63 3 Bree Wee USA 09:55:34 09:58:45 91 4 Jackie Arendt USA 10:01:48 10:05:01 107 5 Terra Castro USA 10:14:58 10:18:16 156 6 April Lea Gellatly USA 10:30:27 10:33:50 197 7 Tatiana Vertiz 10:53:39 10:57:09 247 8 Amanda McKenzie AUS 11:08:04 11:11:39 261
She also leads the winning odds:
- Nina Kraft: 57%
- Jackie Arendt: 15%
- Bree Wee: 11%
- Jessica Smith: 10%