Manama : I gor Belousov and Ivana Kolaric yesterday clinched deserving victories in the Spartan Sprint races, part of the 2018 Bahrain Sports Day, scheduled for February 13. The second and concluding day of the 2018 Spartan Race, which featured different races, was staged at the
Manama : Igor Belousov and Ivana Kolaric yesterday clinched deserving victories in the Spartan Sprint races, part of the 2018 Bahrain Sports Day, scheduled for February 13.
The second and concluding day of the 2018 Spartan Race, which featured different races, was staged at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, with thousands of athletes battling it out for victory.
In the Elite Sprint category race, Russia’s Belousov came on top in 23 minutes and 35 seconds. Behind him were UAE-based Hallvard Borsheim in (23:48) in second place and Germany’s Charles Franzke (23:55) third.
In the women’s section, Ivana Kolaric of the UAE proved too strong to win the race in 33 minutes and 22.47 seconds. She was followed by French runners Angelique Cheaneau (34:09.37) and Sandra Chetaneau (36:10) in second and third places, respectively.
Another category was organized yesterday for amateurs with 11 age groups races. Roenya Boshoff (43:54) of Kuwait took the 14-17 years race title. In the 18-24 category race, Jood Al Ansari of Kuwait (46:14) was the eventual winner.
The 25-29 race saw Emilia Vandrey (50:03) of Bahrain emerge victorious, Ilaria Torta (41:14) of the UAE topped the 30-39 race, while Tina Ormuz (41:17) of the UAE was victorious in the 40-49 race.
In the men’s section, Marton Cserepes (36:01) of Hungary raced to victory in the 14-17 age category, David Voye (45-17) topped the 18-24 race, the 25-29 race ended with George Crewe (31:30) of the UAE securing the win, Florent Blaison (32:12) of France bagged a deserving win in the 30-39 race, Bahrain-based Bryan Harris (36:25) topped the 40-49 race and Bahraini Salah Abdulla (40:57) raced to victory in the 50+ category race.
