After 15 years of IRONMAN events in Greater Zion, St George, the area is hosting its final IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon in 2025.
The final Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 St George North American Championship triathlon will take place on May 10, 2025, which will complete the most recent five-year contract between Greater Zion and IRONMAN.
According to IRONMAN… ‘Demands of the event, including rising costs, increasing populations around race routes, and continued pressure on resources compelled Washington County officials to evaluate all options. With input from community partners, they concluded that after a long and successful run, IRONMAN’s time in St George would be celebrated and the 2025 edition would be the final one.’
“Over the past 15 years, St George has grown to become one of the most popular race destinations on the global IRONMAN circuit and a staple on the North American calendar,” said Keats McGonigal, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of North America for The IRONMAN Group. “The popularity of this event has brought worldwide attention to this community and helped foster a growth that we are thankful to have helped contribute to. We are grateful for the wonderful partners that we have in Greater Zion, which includes the cities of St George, Washington City, Hurricane, and Ivins for hosting and helping to build the IRONMAN 70.3 St George triathlon into what the event has become.”
St George Mayor Michele Randall said “Hosting these events has been a long and rewarding journey – much like the races themselves.
“We celebrate the athletes and their families, the visitors, global recognition, and community engagement of thousands of volunteers that these high-performing events brought to our region throughout 15 years of IRONMAN racing in St George.”
Since first hosting the full-distance IRONMAN St George triathlon in 2010, athletes have flocked to Greater Zion’s scenery and views of the surrounding red rock canyons. The course and area gained a reputation for its beauty and its difficulty, dubbed one of the toughest IRONMAN events in the world.
After evolving to an IRONMAN 70.3 event in 2013, the event became and has remained the North American Championship. St George will retain this designation through the 2025 event.
Since first debuting in St George, IRONMAN has hosted numerous events including:
- Three IRONMAN events (2010-2012)
- 11 IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship races (2013 – 2019, 2021, 2023-2025)
- Three World Championships races within 13 months, a feat without precedent in IRONMAN history (2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, 2021 IRONMAN World Championship and the 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship races)
“We are proud of the legacy our community has with this event,” said Brittany McMichael, Director of the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism Office.
“Thanks to the community’s support, including unprecedented collaboration of hundreds of people across involved agencies and cities, as well as the thousands of volunteers who dedicated their time to the athletes and the success of the events, Greater Zion has taken the stage as host to world-class athletic events like IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3, and will continue to host many others.”
The Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 St George North American Championship triathlon will also serve as a stop in the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series, hosting many of the world’s top professional triathletes for the final time in St. George.
The 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series is a performance-based world series for elite triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money toward the title of IRONMAN Pro Series Champion and their share of US$1.7 million in year-end bonus pool payouts.
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