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MOSSEL BAY NEWS AND VIDEOS - Iconic Mossel Bay is once again hosting a national sporting event this weekend, with the Isuzu Ironman 70.3 triathlon taking place on Sunday, 6 November.
It is the first time the race is being held in Mossel Bay and 15 professional athletes are taking part.
Spectators will witness an extraordinary day of racing, with all together, more than 2 500 athletes participating.
Athletes will take on a 1.9km (1.2 mile) swim, beginning opposite the Santos Beach Pavilion. They will finish at Santos Bay at De Bakke.
From here, athletes change into cycling gear and then take on a one-loop 90km (56 mile) cycling course.
They will cycle out and back on George Road, then on to Louis Fourie Road toward Albertina and on to the N2, before reaching the turnaround at Gouritz River valley, just short of Herbertsdale on the R327.
From here they return to Mossel Bay and change into running gear in De Bakke.
Lastly, the athletes run a 21.1km (13.1 mile) two-and-a half-loop course which takes them past the harbour, through historic central Mossel Bay, the Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex and The Point, where the finish line beckons below the Cape St Blaize lighthouse.
A number of local athletes will be participating in the triathlon. Mossel Bay Advertiser spoke to some of them The Point.
VIDEO - Amanda Sheppard (55) from Mossel Bay is doing her first Ironman 70.3:
VIDEO - Jo-Mari Smith vertel hoekom sy besluit het om aan die Ironman 70.3 deel te neem:
VIDEO - Carin Badenhorst is van Nelspruit en is 'n gedugte, ervare Ironman atleet:
VIDEO - Tina van Wyk is 'n ervare drie-kamp atleet van Mosselbaai. Sy hoop vir 'n podium posisie:
VIDEO - Liezl Scott (41) het besluit die eerste Ironman in Mosselbaai is ook 'n geleentheid vir haar eerste:
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