Ironman adds extra event for Youghal 2021

The addition of Ironman 70.3 Ireland will add another 1,500 athletes to the weekend's competitors

Mayor of the County of Cork, councillor Mary Linehan Foley,  Tim Lucey, chief executive, Cork County Council, Carol Murphy and Brian Sanders of South Coast Triathlon Club and Declan Byrne, Regional Director, UK and Ireland Ironman. Picture: Brian Lougheed

The Ironman Group and Cork County Council have announced the addition of Ironman 70.3 to the Ironman event which will be held in Cork on August 13-15 next year, making it Ireland's biggest triathlon weekend.

The event also includes an Ironkids event on Friday, August 13, 2021, and it marks the first time in Irish triathlon history that three events by the Ironman Group will be hosted on the same weekend.