European championships go to Elsinore

Triathletes from home and abroad will, for the third year in a row, flows to the north of Zealand next summer.

In June, will be the european championship in Ironman 70.3 for the third year in a row, held in Elsinore, denmark. It writes the Ironman in a press release.

There is talk about the half-ironmandistance. Here swims triatleterne 1,9 kilometres, bikes 90km and run a half marathon on the 21,1 kilometers.

- As a nation, the danes have taken the Ironman-competitions and its athletes, and we are happy that the Ironman 70.3 European Championship returns to Elsinore for the third year in a row, says Stefan Petschnig, who is the president of Ironman Europe, Middle east and Africa, in a press release.

The Elsinore is a good business to lay the blocks for the big sporting event. It tells mayor Benedikte Kiær (K).

- the Event creates a lot of life in the streets and market our great area on the best show. But the event also creates a turismeomsætning of 12 million dollars into the local business community, she says.

Both professional triathletes and amateurs involved in the event, which takes place on 23. June. The contestants will compete for a prize fund of 500,000 crowns and qualification to the WORLD championships in Ironman.

In 2018, involved more than 2800 triathletes. Ironman expects the same number of participants in 2019.

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