A challenge for supremacy among Asia’s best paratriathletes will unfold inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone as the ASTC ParaTriathlon Asian Championships 2017 will commence on April 29.
Already the event organized by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) under the supervision of technical officials of the ITU and the Asian Triathlon Confederation (ASTC) has attracted close to 50 paratriathletes from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia and Kygyzstan. The Philippines will be led by Sixto Ducay and the blind siblings Jerome and Joshua Nelmida.
The technical delegate in the race is Koji Koganezawa while Daniel Sng of Singapore is the referee.
The race supported by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Subic Travelers Hotel, ASTC, Asian Centre for Insulation Philippines, and Gatorade will start at the ACEA Beach Resort for the 750 meter swim followed by 18 kilometer biking reaching up to Argonaut Highway and 5 kilometers running along San Bernardo Road finishing near ACEA.
At stake for the Top 3 winners of the paratriathlon categories of PT1, PT2, PT3, PT4 and PT5 are qualifying points to the World ParaTriathlon Championships, specially designed medals and winners’ T-shirts. The awarding ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. at the finish line area and will be graced by Asian Triathlon Confederation president Justin Park and PHILSPADA president Mike Barredo.
Inquiries are accepted by the TRAP at landline numbers 710-8259 and 399-6598, mobile numbers 0915-6394233 and 0921-9954764 and online at www.triathlon.org.ph