THE organising committee of the Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain has approved the three-day championship programme, which will take place in the kingdom from Wednesday to Friday.
The event will feature a broad list of activities before the main event on Friday following the directives of His Majesty King Hamad’s representative for humanitarian works and youth affairs Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Organising committee director Ahmed Al Hajj said that the main race will showcase 1,061 male and female competitors representing different countries.
He pointed out that “IRONKIDS” will witness a large participation of children in the running race that will be held before the main event, stating that the organising committee received a large number of applications.
The distances of the main events have been approved with the swim section over 1.9km, the cycling stretch over 90.1km, and the run section will cover 21.1km.
The tournament will witness the participation of athletes from 77 countries, namely: Bahrain, Tunisia, France, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Britain, Germany, USA, Romania, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Denmark, India, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Mexico, Australia, Jordan, UAE, New Zealand, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Brazil, South Africa, Libya, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Venezuela, Ukraine, Singapore, Latvia, Indonesia, Syria, Czech Republic, Palestine, Oman, Sweden, Belgium, Gibraltar, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Peru, Malaysia, Qatar, Malta, China, Iraq, Turkey, Colombia, Argentina, Mozambique, Austria, Isle of Man, Chile, Croatia, Slovenia, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Luxembourg, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Finland, Norway and Belarus.