{"id":8264,"date":"2021-05-07T21:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2021-05-07T21:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:08:40","slug":"ironman-to-host-70-3-middle-east-champs-in-bahrain-this-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8264","title":{"rendered":"Ironman to host 70.3 Middle East Champs in Bahrain this December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p ><strong>Two new Ironman 70.3 races have been announced for the Middle East: Bahrain will host the 70.3 Middle East Championship this December, and Dubai will host a middle-distance triathlon in early 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >Bahrain will offer 40 age-group qualification slots for the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Sunshine Coast, Australia, while Dubai will offer 30 spots.<\/p>\n<p >\u201cWe are delighted to be able to establish Ironman 70.3 races in the Gulf region that is an emerging hotbed for triathlon,\u201d said Andrew Messick, CEO of Ironman. \u201cBesides having passionate triathletes, Bahrain and Dubai have demonstrated an extraordinary ability to host great events. We are looking forward to working with our partners to create some of the greatest races in the world \u2014 with the hope of expanding in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.mynoen.com\/cheap-adidas-shoes.html\/cheap-stan-smith.html' title='Cheap Adidas Stan Smith'>Cheap Adidas Stan Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >The race in Bahrain will be a point-to-point triathlon which passes some of the Kingdom of Bahrain\u2019s most significant attractions, including Al Fateh Grand Mosque, the Bahrain Bay and F1 Bahrain International Circuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >Challenge Family did launch their own middle-distance races in Bahrain and Dubai last year as part of the\u00a0Nasser bin Hamad Triple Crown. Ironman spokesperson tells <em>220<\/em> however that the races announced today are \u201centirely new events created and run by Ironman\u201d.<\/p>\n<p >More details as soon as we have them\u2026<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><em><strong>What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new Ironman 70.3 races have been announced for the Middle East: Bahrain will host the 70.3 Middle East Championship this December, and Dubai will host a middle-distance triathlon in early 2016. Advertisement Bahrain will offer 40 age-group qualification slots for the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Sunshine Coast, Australia, while Dubai will offer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}