ADVENTURE ANTIGUA TAKES TRIATHLON TO BARBUDA Monday 1st July 2013
Adventure Antigua is teaming up with the Wadadli Triathlon Club to connect Barbudan and Antiguan athletes through the sport of triathlon on Saturday July 13th.
Owner of Adventure Antigua Eli Fuller said, “It’s a great way to connect the islands, and far too often Barbuda is left out. We hope this event will encourage more sporting events to be organized there, and more importantly we hope that the event will inspire young Barbudans to take up sports. Sport is the ultimate equalizer”.
In March 2013 French and Hungarian professional triathletes, who were in Antigua for the Tinman Rohr Aquathlon & 10k Swim, visited Barbuda to work with athletes in swimming, cycling and running. Photo by Kevin Fredrick.
It will be the first time the multi-discipline event will be held in Barbuda. The event will include a 400m swim, a 15km bike and a 5k run. Each event will be held separately to encourage maximum participation.
There will be a 30-60 min break in between each segment to allow athletes enough time to recover.
The event compares lightly to the Olympic distance triathlon of a 1,500m swim, 40km bike and 10k run which is held in immediate succession. But the event is seen as a first step towards developing the sport.
Winners for the swim, bike and run will be recognized separately in each event. However prizes will be reserved for overall winners, which will be decided from those taking part in at least two of the three events.
The Wadadli Triathlon Club has thanked Adventure Antigua for making it possible to bring Antiguans and Barbudan together in this rare and unique sporting opportunity.
Around 15 to 20 Antiguan swimmers, cyclists, runners and triathletes will leave Antigua via one of the Adventure Antigua boats early Saturday morning. Barbudan organizer Peter Cuffy said the events will take place around Codrington.
The Wadadli Triathlon Club previously organized the half-iron distance Tinman Rohr Triathlon in January 2012 and the Tinman Rohr Aquathlon & 10k swim in March 2013.
In January 2012, as part of the Tinman Rohr Triathlon, Argentinian professional triathlete Claudio Delpueche spent two days in Barbuda teaching school children about the sport of triathlon.
Then in March 2013 former world champion swimmer and French pro-triathlete Benjamin Sanson, along with noted French pro-triathlete Stephane Poulat and Hungarian pro-triathlete Greta Horvath spent two days in Barbuda working with top Barbudan athletes.
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