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Not all events are created equal
The City Duathlon debacle seems to have touched a raw nerve among endurance athletes, with poor marshalling and course design sending a leading group of bikers hurtling the wrong way, causing everyone to "follow the leader" and make the same mistake too. So what makes a good event?
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Confusion mars City Duathlon
George Lawson (1:36:09) and Monica Torres (1:51:51) were the fastest duathletes at the City Duathlon but the post-race conversations were centred on the confusion arising from the shortened bike leg. Riders were expecting to cover five loops of 8km each but were left scratching their heads when their speedometers indicated only 20km at the end of their bike leg. It seems a failure in marshalling and route set-up led to the mistake.
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Are we rugged enough?
Two young Singaporeans died while serving National Service recently. 20-year-old Recruit Andrew Cheah died on a 2km training walk on Pulau Tekong on June 10. Two days later, on June 12, officer cadet Clifton Lam died near the end of a 4km jungle orientation trek in Brunei.
Sebastien Calle pips Clement Chow to win Singapore Sprint Series
Sebastien Calle rode the 20km bike route with a flat tyre but still managed to come from behind to win the Singapore Sprint Series triathlon yesterday at Changi Beach Park. In so doing, Sebastien, who finished in 1 hour 6 minutes and 51 seconds, also won the overall Series championship with a total of 586 points, outpointing his closest challenger Clement Chow, who finished the triathlon in second place (1:07:18). Clement finished just one point behind Sebastien with 585 points.