Thousands flock to the ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2016

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Thousands flock to the ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2016. The athletes put their endurance to the ultimate test in this multi-discipline event which sees competitors swim, bike, and run in the fastest time they can manage and features three distances to suit people of all abilities – Sprint, Olympic and Maxi categories. The Age Group Events are open to everyone and the athletes that take part typically compete for themselves and to better their own personal best times. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Streets were blocked off and Abu Dhabi's iconic corniche came alive as thousands of

00:09age group triathlon participants gathered to compete in one of the world's most exciting

00:13and picturesque triathlon events, the ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi.

00:17The athletes put their endurance to the ultimate test in this multi-discipline event, which

00:21sees competitors swim, bike and run in the fastest time they can and features three distances

00:26to suit people of all abilities, the sprint, olympic and maxi categories.

00:31The age group event is open to everyone and athletes that take part typically compete

00:34for themselves and to better their own personal times as well as the prestige of saying they've

00:38finished.

00:39It was good, it was fun, a bit warm but nice.

00:40What was the best part, what was the hardest part, what would you say?

00:41The hardest part is waiting to start, the best part is finishing.

00:42Really, it's been part of an event I think, more than anything else and it's not necessarily

00:43about race day, it's about the build up, the cycling and the, well for me personally, the

00:44running and the cycling and all that kind of stuff, you know.

01:00Wonderful condition, the water was not too cold so you didn't need a sweatsuit I think

01:04and we had a good wind so it was good to bike, one way it was a bit tough but at the end

01:10it was a breeze coming back.

01:11Because I'm not a very good swimmer I learned it for one year and so I'm not so good in

01:12it.

01:13But I won it for me and I finished and I'm so happy.

01:14Are you going to do it again next year?

01:15Yeah, I reckon, but I'm not doing it tomorrow, I'll tell you that.

01:16But I did it on the three, I wanted to do it in three hours and I did it in like two,

01:17four, yeah I think so I'm really happy with it.

01:31Others are there to win the group and coming out on top in Abu Dhabi can be a stepping

01:35stone to higher levels in the future.

01:37One minute disappointed, one minute, one minute, we're good, we're good, we're good.

01:41Go Saudi Arabia, go, one minute, next year I will make it.

01:45But I find the surrounding is very, very marvellous and the organisation was perfect.

01:53I did a very good swimming and then a very good biking, just the running was difficult

01:57because of the warmth, it was really difficult but I just finished and it was a good day

02:02for me.

02:03What discipline was the hardest would you say, like the swimming, the running?

02:05The run, the run definitely was pretty, pretty, pretty tough.

02:09It's my first one of the season so I haven't run off the bike very much this year and plus

02:14it's quite warm out here.

02:16The ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi debuted in 2015 with over 2,000 age group participants

02:21and this year it once again drew in over 2,000 competitors, all converging on Abu Dhabi to

02:26challenge themselves in one of the most gruelling sports in the world.

02:30Logan Fish for Golf News.

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