The festival will open with open water swims — on Friday, August 4, the SWIMSTAR ONE MILE and DOUBLE MILE swims will take place. Participants will cover 1 and 2 nautical miles (1,852 km and 3,704 km) in the waters of the Rowing Canal — an ideal place for high results and personal records, without waves or currents. In addition, on Friday there will be STARKIDS children’s races for 500 and 1000 m. Commemorative medals will be waiting for all little runners at the finish line. The first day of the festival will conclude with the women’s race — IRONLADY.
On the second day of the festival, August 5, triathlon competitions will take place. Athletes will be able to try their hand at the “half-iron” distance as part of the IRONSTAR 113 NIZHNY NOVGOROD 2023, gradually covering 1.93 km during swimming, 90 km during the cycling stage and 21.1 km during the race, as well as test themselves at the Olympic distance as part of the IRONSTAR OLYMPIC NIZHNY NOVGOROD 2023 competition: 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling, 10 km running.
The routes of both distances are laid out along a picturesque route: the swimming stage will take place in the waters of the Grebnoy Canal, the cycling race will take place along the central streets of the city past the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, along the embankment of the Volga River and the main attractions of the city, and the running stage will end on the embankment of the Grebnoy Canal.
“This year the IRONSTAR competition map has expanded, and we are very glad that Nizhny Novgorod has become one of the locations — one of the oldest cities in Russia, which hosted such iconic sporting events as the 2018 FIFA World Cup. We hope that our sports festival will take a special place in the hearts of many athletes and become one of the most favorite sporting events“said the CEO of IRONSTAR Vladimir Sheikin.