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Surviving Race Week In Kona
Media Logistics & Contacts
The Ironman Media Team strives to provide you assistance in capturing the myriad stories taking place at
the Ford Ironman World Championship. Even so, the vastness of the race course and difficult access in some areas
can make covering the event somewhat challenging. Like an Ironman athlete, the key to your journalistic success
lies in pre-race preparation and on-site cooperation.
Beginning Monday, Oct. 4, media members can obtain race day credentials in the Ironman Media Center,
located in Ballrooms 1 and 2 of the “Official Headquarters Hotel,” King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. The
deadline for obtaining credentials is 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8. We will not issue credentials on race day. We recommend
you pre-register for credentials online before you arrive in Kona, as applications are discouraged during race
week. You can access the media credential application on www.ironman.com under “Media Related Downloads” in
the Media Center section. For information or assistance, e-mail a request to Jessica@ironman.com. Media members
who are issued credentials will receive a media T-shirt, media badge and media wrist band. We do not require
you to wear the T-shirt on race day, however we do encourage wearing it, as it allows security officials to more
easily identify you at entrances to media viewing areas.
Your media wristband is required and will grant you access to media viewing areas and the Ironman
Media Center.
In most areas, photography access is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend you arrive
early for a good spot. However, if an Ironman Media Team member instructs you to move from any location,
you must adhere. If you do not, security will be called and you will forfeit your media pass. Only specially accredited
photographers and television camera crews will be granted access to the course. These media representatives
are notified prior to race day and will be given official course passes and vehicle decals.
Media members who do not receive official course access or media credentials and are seen shooting in an
unauthorized capacity will be banned from future Ironman event coverage. All media members are to use good
judgement and sportsmanlike conduct when interfacing with volunteers, athletes, fellow journalists, Ironman
staff, local authorities, etc. throughout event week and on race day.
Telephones/Computers - Our Media Center will be providing dozens of cabled CAT5 network outlets, with additional
Wi-Fi hotspots for wireless connectivity. If you would like to connect, please ensure your laptop is capable
of a CAT5 connection or wireless 802.11b network connection.
Television/Filming - World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) owns the exclusive worldwide broadcast rights to the
Ford Ironman World Championship. Worldwide broadcast rights to the event are licensed domestically and internationally
by WTC. Camera crews without proper accreditation will not be granted access to the Ironman course
or its environs. By applying for and receiving television broadcast/media credentials, the licensee agrees that all
footage of the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship will be utilized solely by the licensee for the purpose of
legitimate news/sports broadcasting at or around the time of the event. Further, all licensees shall agree that said
footage will not be used for any commercial purpose or in any other medium outlet, other than specified, without
the written consent of World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).
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