The 2022 National Duathlon Championships as organized by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines will serve as a tryout for the national training pool of the upcoming Cambodia SEA Games
The National Duathlon Championships (NDC) is set to take place at New Clark City where Filipinos along with foreign competitors will be joining in the run-bike-run endurance event on December 4.
More than 450 duathletes are expected to grace the event as the races form part of the selection of the Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.
The duathletes will compete in the Standard Distance race with a course of 10 Km run – 40 Km bike – 5 Km run, as well as the Sprint Distance course of 5Km run – 20 Km bike – 2.5 Km run and a Super Sprint Distance course of 2.5 Km run – 10 Km bike – 2.5 Km run, Business Mirror reported.
To have a basis for the selection of the national training pool who will compete in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, TRAP organized this event, together with their sponsors Standard Insurance, Asian Centre for Insulation Philippines, Inc. and POCARI Sweat.
“The main actions are in the sprint events which will be played in the Cambodia SEA Games with Singapore and Malaysia sending their best to measure up with our elites,” said TRAP president Tom Carrasco in an interview as quoted by Business Mirror.
“The top Filipino finishers will be in the short list for the SEA Games in Cambodia, but we will also consider the other duathlon events results in 2022,” Carrasco added.
Carrasco also boasted that TRAP’s signature event is the 13-15 age group (Super Sprint) which will feature the country’s Youth Olympic Games aspirants and the next generation of duathletes and triathletes in the national team.
A total of 103 teams are set to participate with the majority coming from 26 cities and provinces in the country, while completing the teams are athletes from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
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