It was the baptism of fire for the Trityc, this Sunday, June 13. That of water for the 500 registered! After nine months without official competitions, the Thionville-Yutz club opened the ball for the 2021 Grand Est triathlons, despite a health protocol still relevant. As a bonus, the organizers moved from Thionville to Basse-Ham and had to adapt to a new place. All the events were therefore unprecedented, but nothing to frighten Sébastien Duthilleul and his team, “even if, for a year, organizing an event has been worse than the Olympic Games! “. For the president, the night spent on the Nautic’Ham site was short, there was apprehension in the air, but this Sunday, from 8 a.m. all the lights were green for this 5e edition: water at 20 ° C, 500 registered and sun!
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It passes for the dreaded test of swimming
From 9 a.m., athletes returned to the pleasures of water, often reluctantly, some having not swam for months, which explains why all of them put on a neoprene wetsuit to avoid drinking the cup. even in the afternoon on the new M format, when the water reached 23 ° C. Once the swimming part was over, the athletes enjoyed themselves on the bike routes, discovering the Canner routes, then the final stage, running, completed them, but with a smile. A few brave people even dared to chain the S and M formats, “but it stung a little”, admits Jean-Philippe.
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Public and athletes in heaven
Relatives, friends, families and curious people had made the trip to encourage Tabata, Gilles, Romain and the others, as well as many elected officials from the Portes de France agglomeration, partner of this sporting event, which made unanimity. The participants from Thionville, Boust, Metz, Amnéville and even from Belgium loved it: the location, the easy parking, the cycling and racing route, the atmosphere too. A resumption on the hats of wheels for the Trityc which can be proud to have held the head above water despite the virus.
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