There are were 1,859 athletes that started the 2011 Ironman World Championship! The first 200 numbers are reserved for the professionals. The pros start their swim thirty minutes before the age group athletes do. So, at 7:00 am on Saturday, October 8, 1,600+ Ironman hopefuls started their swim in Kailua Bay!
Of the 1859 athletes that started the race, only 4 did not make the swim cut-off time! That is amazing to me!
Wow!! That is amazing and that is a lot people in one space of water.
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