Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, the 7th edition of the Iron Man Championship, held at Jumeirah Road, Al-Riyadi, with more than 2500 athletes and athletes representing more than 100 countries of all nationalities and ages of men and women.
The race will take place at seven in the morning, starting at Umm Suqeim Beach on Jumeirah Street. Running competitions will take place on Jumeirah Road. The cycling race will take place in various roads in Dubai, passing through the Al Marmoum protected area. The distance of the participants is 113 kilometers in three Contests are swimming for 1.9 km, bikes for 90 km, running 21.1 km along the beach.
The Organizing Committee of the Championship held at 4 pm on Wednesday, 30 January 2019, a press conference, during which was announced the technical details of the tournament, which includes a selection of world champions, and the owners of world records in the sport, and explained the areas where the competition, and the streets that will pass By participants, in addition to the laws of the tournament.
"We are delighted to be here today to announce the details of the fourth edition of the Iron Man Championship, which is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai," said Khalid Al Awar, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council. This tournament is an important event for us. It is one of the most important events for us within the Jumeirah Road initiative and the Marmoom Reserve, which the Dubai Sports Council is proud to be among the participating government bodies and institutions. Cyclists in the area of the protected Marmoom ».
Al Awar added: "We are pleased with the growth witnessed by the tournament, where the number of participants in the current version reached more than 2500 athletes and athletes from 100 countries of all nationalities and ages of men and women, a significant increase compared to the participation of 1600 athletes and sports in the last edition, The numbers of participants confirm the great interest that Dubai attaches to the spread of sport in general, and the sport of triathlon in particular ».