The charge of the six thousand. At 7:30 on the morning of Saturday 21 September, the adventure on the most “classic” triathlon distance begins from the beach in Cervia: 3.8 km swimming followed by 180 km cycling and, finally, 42.2 km running. On Sunday 22 it will be the turn of the athletes engaged in the other two distances, 70.3 and 5,150. The weekend of the Ironman Emilia-Romagna, the largest event in the world dedicated to the specialty, is coming to life.
After the storm
The arrival of the first athletes competing in the “full” Ironman is expected on the Cervia seafront on Saturday afternoon. The last ones will finish their race after midnight. Over 70 percent of the athletes starting on Saturday came from abroad: after Italy, the most represented countries will be the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and France. Among the starters in the queen distance, the youngest is 18 years old and the oldest is 82. After the rains of the past few days, the weather forecast promises two days of sunshine for the protagonists.
The start from Cervia beach
The start of the “full” – which has a total length of 140.6 miles, 226 km in total – will be at 7:30 from the free beach of Cervia. After the 3.8 km swim, male and female athletes will reach the first transition area, located on the Cervia seafront, and will cycle 180 km. The cycling section includes two laps on a 90 km route that will cross the Natural Park of the Saline of Cervia to continue towards Forlimpopoli and the climb of Bertinoro. Once the bike section is over, the Ironman Emilia-Romagna will conclude with a 42.2 kilometre run: a marathon, on a circuit to be repeated four times, between Cervia and the nearby Milan Marittima.
Sunday’s races: 70.3 and 5.150
Sunday 22nd September will be the turn of the 70.3 and the 5.150.
Il 70.3 It takes its name from the sum of the land miles covered in the three disciplines: 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of cycling and 13.1 miles of running (that is, 21.1 km, a half marathon), equal to 113 kilometers in total. In fact, it is half of Saturday’s IRONMAN.
Ironman 5.150 It is the shortest of the three events in the circuit and owes its name to the total kilometers of the three disciplines. The first kilometer and a half of swimming is followed by 40 kilometers of cycling and 10 of running, for a total of 51.50 kilometers, the distance of the Olympic triathlon.
The Story of Zohre Bayat
Among the many human stories that will intertwine on the beach of Cervia, also that of Zohre Bayat: she is 26 years old and she is Afghan. When she was little she fled with her family to Iran, as an illegal immigrant. Then she arrived in Switzerland and after difficult years she chose running and then triathlon and now she aims to become the first Afghan athlete to complete a full Ironman in Italy.
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– 2024-09-21 21:32:19
