JORRY Ycong and Kristiane Glendale Lim head a pack of triathletes eyeing a second straight win in their age-group categories with an eye on the overall championship in the Sun Life 5150 Triathlon on July 9 at the Bellevue Resort in Panglao, Bohol.
Ycong topped the men’s 30-34 division while Lim ruled the 35-39 side with nearly the same clocking of 2:14 over the 1.5 km-swim, 40 km-bike and 10 km run distance in last year’s staging of the Olympic distance series that also marked the sport’s return after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
The British couple of Nick and Jo Cudmore are also going flat out to do a reprise of their feats in the 65-69 and 55-59 classes, respectively, while Kimberly Paquibot seeks to post a notch higher this time after finishing second to Moira Erediano in the youngest 15-19 category of the seventh staging of the event in Bohol organized by The Ironman Group/Sunrise Events, Inc.
While the locals look the dominate the race designed for athletes aiming to embrace multi-sport racing and reach Ironman level, a slew of foreign bets from at least 11 countries are all coming into the event with the same resolve as the Filipino bidders.
