How to watch the 2026 IRONMAN World Championship live from Hawaii
© Donald MiralleThe IRONMAN men’s and women’s World Championships return to Hawaii Island and Kailua-Kona, the race’s spiritual home. Triathlons.com explains how to follow the most eagerly anticipated event of the season.
Live coverage of the 2026 IRONMAN World Championship will be available free of charge across several streaming platforms, including the IRONMAN Pro Series channel and the IRONMAN YouTube channel, giving fans around the world the chance to follow every moment of triathlon’s most prestigious race. In France, the race will be broadcast live on L’Équipe Live The pre-race press conference featuring the professional athletes will be streamed live on Thursday, October 8 at 11 p.m. French time.
The races will be covered according to the following schedule:
Saturday, October 10
4:30 AM (4:30 p.m. in France) : Live streaming begins
6:20 AM (6:20 p.m. in France) : Men’s professional race start
6:30 AM (6:30 p.m. in France) : Women’s professional race start
6:38 AM (6:38 p.m. in France) : First age-group wave
1:56 p.m. (1:56 a.m. in France) : Estimated finish time for the first man, based on the course record
2:55 p.m. (2:55 a.m. in France) : Estimated finish time for the first woman, based on the course record
For the rest of Europe and the world, the planned broadcasts are as follows: