Three new members join the ranks of the “Team Abu Dhabi Trajthelon” in preparation for the 2010 competition
Team looks to ascend the podium in the championship capital of the UAE
Group looks forward Dhabi Trajthelon, a team sport triathlon Bank, which has the support of “Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority,” to expand the scope of global competition faced by the season in 2010 after the accession of three new members to the team, which is composed of 7 world class athletes.
And preparing newcomers, who are Australia’s Peter Jacobs, English Rachel Joyce, Denmark Jan van Burkle, to run competitions challenge three, together with other team members in four continents around the world, ranging from the first port “of the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon” where the participation of 1000 contestant and a total purse of 250 thousand dollars.
He hopes the “Group of Abu Dhabi Trajthelon”, which ended the three other members of World Championship Iron Man in Hawaii 2009 on the top ten, achieving a creditable result in “the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon” hosted by the UAE capital on 13 March.
While in the training site winter under his team is currently in the city of Al Ain, said Faris Al-Sultan, the reigning Ironman in 2005 in Hawaii, that the three new members will strengthen the competitiveness and create a balance in the strengths of the team.
Said Sultan, who won tenth place in the world championship of Iron Man last year in Hawaii, said: “The accession of Jacobs and Joyce Van Burkle in the balance of the elements of power to the team members, and constitutes a strong boost gives us more options and expand the prospects for international competitions, we are engaged in both America and Europe and Australia and the Middle East. “
The Sultan: “we can now participate in a greater number of competitions and is able to achieve better results in the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon, both in the women’s event, or men.”
It is noteworthy that Australia’s Peter Jacobs is one of the finest swimmers compete Ironman in the world, and has, over his career, 5 victories in tournaments Iron Man, and ascended the podium in various events of Half IronMan, and eighth in the World Championship Iron Man in Hawaii 2009.
Saw English Rachel Joyce a busy year to proceed, recorded in which gold and climbed onto the podium in two competitions for the Iron Man, and came in sixth place in the Championship in Hawaii. It is expected to qualify for the Danish, the Burkle, an expert in the sprint to the finals of the Olympic Games to be hosted by the British capital in 2012, after the performance remarkable by the competitions ITU World Trajthelon last year.
He acknowledged the Sultan difficult competition, “starring the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon”, which attracted 50 competitors from the most outstanding athletes in triathlon in the world: the “Coalition of the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon the most prominent athletes in the region and the world will be one of the biggest competitions we are engaged in the 2010 season, which reflects the status of the event and interest enjoyed by the sports community, as well as the considerable efforts made by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority in the organization of sporting events prestigious. “
And managed the race so far in attracting contenders from Australia, Europe and the Middle East, the Americas and the Far East, Russia and Africa, will be the “most outstanding race contemplated new year 2010″ as described by one of the premier magazines in the sport of triathlon.
The total length of the race 223 km, will be the first global event witnessed competitions and spaces of this size outside the European continent. It includes the race to another track with a length of 111,5 km provides for aspiring athletes to participate in the team, and both tracks are available for amateurs and professionals alike.
The Sultan: characterized by phase running last in the race by restricting the relative comparison with Samuel Ironman traditional channels, thus enhancing opportunities for athletes to compete and complete the race successfully. “
He added: “It will be the race a unique experience very important for the athletes, as cruising on the most prominent landmarks in the city, ranging from the Emirates Palace, passing through the village heritage and the Mosque of Sheikh Zayed and the end of the circuit Yas Marina, which recently hosted a session Alnhiip Grand Prix.”
For his part, Faisal Al Sheikh, Director of the actors in the “Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority,” that the new composition of the team contribute to the consolidation of the presence and status of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi among the sports ability and Adventure International, noting that the strength of Team Abu Dhabi Trajthelon lies in the gradual growth achieved since its founding in 2009 “.
“Sheikh:” Our focus through the Abu Dhabi International Trajthelon the opportunity for amateurs to race side by side with leading professional sport triathlon in the world, and we hope that this will be an incentive for them to demand and pay more attention to this kind of sport. “
And to allow the largest number of athletes rising and encourage members companies to participate, you enter “Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority,” the concept of a relay race on the stage race, 111,5 km, where the order for a team of three athletes to participate that each competitor including selection of the axis preferred competition in it, whether swimming for 1,5 km, or biking distance of 100 kilometers, or running for 10 kilometers.
Held the swimming pool of the tracks off the beach adjacent to the Emirates Palace Hotel, while being the track cycling events on the streets of modern floating on the most prominent landmarks in the city, held competitions running in the Corniche area before reaching the finish line in Abu Dhabi beach year. Will the concerned authorities to close all the ways that punctuated the race to ensure the safety of participants.
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