I-Laguna Phuket isilungele i-“29th Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2023” kusasa ngoNovemba 19, 2023, e-Laguna Grove kusukela ngo-5:00 ekuseni. Uheha abadlali abathathu abathathu abavela emazweni angama-1,000 emhlabeni wonke, lo mcimbi uhlose ukusungula into ethile, eqinisa iPhuket njengendawo yomcimbi wezemidlalo osezingeni eliphezulu.
I-countdown to the 'I-Laguna phuket triathlon,' umcimbi wamazwe omhlaba we-triathlon, usuya phansi, uthembisa inkathi entsha enhlanganweni yawo. Uhlelo lwalo nyaka luthole ukusabela okumangazayo, oluqinisekisa ulwazi olukhethekile nolunamandla kunangaphambili. Njengoba kunabasubathi abangaphezu kwe-1,000 nezibukeli ezingu-2,000 ezivela emazweni angu-30 emhlabeni jikelele, lo mcimbi uhlelelwe ukuba nomthelela emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, idonse ukunaka kwabadlali abathathu abadumile, okuhlanganisa uMax Stapley waseNgilandi, u-Anthony Costes waseFrance, uCassandra Heaslip wase-Australia, uJulie Derron, noMax Studer baseSwitzerland, kanye noTao-Somchai Khemglad, umsubathi owaziwayo waseThailand futhi. umlingisi.
I-“Laguna Phuket Triathlon” izoba se-“Laguna Grove,” ithrekhi yomjaho e-Laguna Phuket ethobela izindinganiso eziphakeme kakhulu zokuphepha zomhlaba wonke. Isici esivelele salo mcimbi umzila wawo womjaho ohlukile, obonisa isimo sezwe esimangalisayo soLwandle i-Andaman, ichibi elihlanzekile, izindlela zemvelo, kanye nemvelo ewubukhazikhazi. Lo mncintiswano uhlanganisa ukubhukuda kwe-1.8km oLwandle i-Andaman kanye ne-lagoon, ukugibela ibhayisikili elingu-55km ukudlula. Phuketinamagquma, futhi i-12km igijima endaweni ebukekayo yaseLaguna Phuket.
Lo mcimbi uzoba nezigaba ezintathu: i-triathlon, i-sprint triathlon, ne-duathlon. Injabulo iqala ngabasubathi bokuqala abathathu kusukela ngo-6:30 ekuseni futhi iphothulwe (ukunqunywa kuwo wonke amabanga) cishe ngo-12:30 ntambama Usuku luzosongwa ngomcimbi wokumemezela isikhathi ngo-6:00 ntambama Kuwo wonke umncintiswano, ithimba lokuhlela, ochwepheshe, kanye nomhlaziyi wezemidlalo owaziwayo “Whit Raymond” (Whit Raymond) bazokwengeza ukuthinta kombala nobuchule, baqinisekise umcimbi ogadiwe kahle futhi ojabulisayo. Ingqikithi ithi 'Uyinganekwane.' Noma ngabe ungcweti noma uyaqala ngqa, lo mcimbi uvuleleke kubo bonke abaphupha ngokwenza umaki wabo ngesiyalo nokuzimisela.
UMnu. Paul Wilson, iPhini likaMongameli kanye nePhini likaMqondisi Ophethe we-Laguna Phuket uthe, “Le Laguna Phuket Triathlon iwubufakazi bokubambisana okuvelele kuyo yonke imikhakha ehilelekile - kusukela kubahleli bethu abangakhathali kuya kubaxhasi bethu abasisekelayo; Isifundazwe sasePhuket, i-TAT, i-Thai Airways, namavolontiya ethu azinikele kubahlanganyeli bethu abanothando. Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela lo mcimbi oyingqayizivele futhi, lapho ubulokhu uyisisekelo sekhalenda lezemidlalo cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Ngidlulisa ukubonga kwami okukhulu kubo bonke ababambe iqhaza ekwenzeni lokhu kubuya okuhle kwenzeke, futhi ngifisela bonke ababambiqhaza okuhlangenwe nakho okujabulisayo nokukhumbulekayo. Ngonyaka ozayo ngo-2024 iLaguna Phuket Triathlon iwuMgubho wayo weminyaka engama-30 ngingathanda ukumema wonke umuntu ukuthi agubhe umcimbi ndawonye. Ngiyabonga, futhi kwangathi i-Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2023 ingaba yimpumelelo emangazayo kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile.”
UMnu. Aumnuay Pinsuwan, iPhini LoMbusi wasePhuket uthe “Umncintiswano uhlose ukuthuthukisa ukuvelela kwe-Phuket Island kanye nesimo sayo njengendawo yomcimbi ophawulekayo. Ngomnotho oqinile nengqalasizinda esezingeni lomhlaba, iPhuket ilungele ukusingatha imicimbi efana neLaguna Phuket Triathlon, iphinde izinze njengendawo echumayo yezokuvakasha kanye nezemidlalo. Siyabonga kubahleli nabasekeli. Ngikhuthaza izakhamuzi ukuthi zamukele ngemfudumalo ababambiqhaza bomhlaba wonke, ukufaka isandla ekwakhiweni kwezinto ezingasoze zalibaleka. Lo mzamo ohlangene uzoqinisa isikhundla sePhuket njengendawo ephambili yezemidlalo. Sifisela bonke abasubathi impumelelo emqhudelwaneni wabo,”
I-“Laguna Phuket Triathlon” yaziwa emhlabeni wonke njengomcimbi we-triathlon wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, iye yaheha inqwaba yabadlali abathathu abanekhono abavela emagumbini ahlukahlukene omhlaba. Umcimbi we-triathlon owathatha isikhathi eside futhi ophumelele kakhulu eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, i-Laguna Phuket Triathlon ufakwe ohlwini lwemiklomelo yomhlaba wonke.
Kulo nyaka, i-Laguna Phuket Triathlon isilungele uhlelo lwayo lwama-29, ngenxa yokubambisana okubalulekile nosondonzima bakazwelonke abambalwa. Lokhu kufaka phakathi iSifundazwe sasePhuket, i-Tourism Authority yase-Thailand (TAT), i-Sports Authority yase-Thailand ngaphansi koMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezemidlalo, kanye ne-Thai Airways, phakathi kokunye.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Laguna Phuket Triathlon inegalelo elikhulu ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo esifundeni. Ezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo, njengenye yezingxenye ezikhula ngokushesha embonini yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, idlala indima ebalulekile ekuqhubekiseni ukukhula komnotho. I-Laguna Phuket Triathlon, eheha abasubathi abavela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba, yenza imali eningi yamabhizinisi endawo futhi inomthelela omuhle emphakathini wethu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mcimbi ukhuthaza indlela yokuphila enempilo, umsebenzi womzimba, nomuzwa wokuziqhenya komphakathi. Umcimbi owedlula inkundla yomjaho, oshiya umthelela ohlala njalo kubo bobabili ababambiqhaza kanye nomphakathi wendawo.
