Bob and Margeta wins 2023 Asia Cup Triathlon Cup title
Bob Heller of Luxembourg wins men’s title of 2023 Asia Cup Triathlon Cup held in Pokhara whereas Slovakia’s Margeta Bikanova won the women’s title. Bob completed 750m swim, 20km. Cycling and 5 km race in 55 minutes and 55 seconds and Margaretta completed in 1 hour 4 minutes and 51 seconds. In the 2023 Asia Triathlon Cup and South Asian Championship organized by the Nepal Triathlon Association.
Aleksandr Kurisov of Uzbekistan completed the distance in 55 minutes 57 seconds and Stefan Jakos of Luxembourg completed the distance in 56 minutes 01 seconds. Japan’s Kyotaro Yashikawa, who is in fourth place, completed the distance with a time of 56 minutes 09 seconds and Oliver Larcombe of New Zealand, who is in fifth place, completed the distance with a time of 57 minutes and 58 seconds.
On the women’s side, Japan’s Minori Ikeno and Chisato Nakajima took second and third place. Minori completed the distance in 1 hour 5 minutes 18 seconds and Chisato in 1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds. Romania’s Antonella Manac was in the fourth place and Japan’s Yuka Sato was in the fifth place. Manak completed the distance in 1 hour 6 minutes 4 seconds and Sato in 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds.
India’s Adarsh Muralidharan Nair Sinimol won the title in South Asian Championship triathlon held within the same competition. He completed the prescribed distance in 1 hour 4 minutes 16 seconds. Similarly, Biswanath Yadav of India, who is in the second position, completed the distance in 1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds and Bashant Tharu of Nepal, who is in the third position, completed the distance in 1 hour 6 minutes 52 seconds.
On the women’s side, former winner Pragnya Mohan of India secured the first position with a time of 1 hour 12 minutes, while Mansi Mohite of India secured the second position with a time of 1 hour 13 minutes 46 seconds. Shrevi Maharjan of Nepal finished the distance in 1 hour and 18 minutes in third place.
On the national side, Bashant Tharu, Dipesh Chaudhary and Mukesh Chaudhary came first, second and third respectively. Bashant completed the distance in 1 hour, 6 minutes, 52 seconds, Dipesh in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 17 seconds and Mukesh in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 44 seconds.
Shrevi Maharjan became the first on the women’s side. Keshari Thapa Magar, who was in the second position, completed the prescribed distance in 1 hour 32 minutes 31 seconds.
Prizes were distributed to the winners by chief guest Gandaki State MP Prakas Baral, former MP Deepak Koirala, Nepal Olympic Committee General Secretary and Association President Nilendra Raj Shrestha, General Secretary Yuvraj Sunuwar, Technical Delegate Prabhakar, former South Asia Championship winner and Indian coach Pooja Chaurasia.
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