Britain’s Kat Matthews arrives as a firm favourite to podium on her first taste of blue carpet action since taking the European Middle Distance title in 2019. Winning silver at the 2021 IRONMAN World Championships was an enormous performance on debut, but a horrific training accident just weeks before the 2022 championships left her future in the sport looking anything but certain. Fast forward to this year and a remarkable recovery means that the 32-year-old heads into Ibiza off the back of a brilliant win in Texas and ready to stake her claim on the world title.