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    Bea Quiambao eyes fitting end to big season at Ironman 70.3 Puerto Princesa

    Bea is top favorite in maiden Puerto Princesa race
    Nov 7, 2022
    Bea Quiambao

    WINNER of two Olympic distance races in Bohol and Subic, Bea Quiambao now goes for the half-triathlon championship in the inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Princesa reeling off on Sunday (Nov. 13) in Palawan.

    While the 1.9 km swim, 90km bike and 21k run event poses a sterner test than the 5150 races (1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10k run), Quiambao is keen to display her blend of skills developed in exacting endurance races.

    Her emphatic victories in Bohol last July and in Subic last month should more than bolster her confidence heading to this weekend’s battle on a course spruced up to international standards.

    The host LGU has guaranteed a safe and successful conduct of the event organized by The IRONMAN Group/Sunrise Events, Inc. serving as the final IM race of a year that marked the return of the triathlon series after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

    While the Next Step Tri spearhead is upbeat about her chances to put a fitting end to a prolific season, a slew of contenders are geared up to spoil her bid, among them Charlotte Jackson of FIT PH, Kath Lagunsad of Sante Barley Tri Team, Trinics’ Adah Valena and Bernadeth Bisoc of Judiciary Tri Team.

    Over 1,200 triathletes are vying in the blue-ribbon event, including 895 in the individual competition with titles also to be disputed in various age-group categories. Spicing up the event are the relay men’s and women’s and relay mixed.

    Listup is ongoing. For details, visit www.ironman.com/im703-puerto-princesa, puertoprincesa70.3@ironman.com, or www.ironman.com for brand and global event series.

    The event, backed by Active, Athletic Brewing Co., Breitling, Fulgaz, Gatorade, Hoka Fly Human Fly, Hyperice, Qatar Airways, ROKA, Santini, Vinfast, Wahoo, has also lured participants from 25 nations, all looking forward to a memorable racing experience in the City in a Forest.

    Puerto Princesa is famous worldwide for its subterranean river national park, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the Seven New Wonders of Nature with the hosts also putting in place the traffic re-routing and road closures one week before the event.

    Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron has also hinted at the city’s hosting of the IM 70.3 in the next two years.

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    Meanwhile, represented in this weekend’s IM 70.3 are the US, Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, India and Japan, Brazil, Thailand, the Netherlands, South Africa, Vietnam, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Korea, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Saint Lucia and Guatemala.

    The event's other sponsors are Always Advancing, Compressport, Ekoi, Outside, Sportograf.com, along with event partners Alaska, Lightwater, Prudential Guarantee, Rudy Project, Santé, One Sport, Cignal and The Philippine Star, while the event’s official hotels are Alvea Puerto Princesa, Costa Palawan Resort, Fersal Hotel, Go Hotels, Hotel Centro, HUE Hotel and Resorts, Jeamco Royal Hotel, Princesa Garden Island Resort and Spa and Sunlight Hotel Puerto Princesa.

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