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Aman Gupta and Archit Puri completed IronMan Goa 11/15/2022 10:37:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 15: Aman Gupta and Archit Puri both from Jammu participated in Ironman Goa Second edition which was held at Goa on 13 th Nov . Ironman Goa is India’s biggest triathlon and endurance event . Almost 1400 participants from 33 countries participated in this event. Ironman 70.3 consist of 1.9 kms open water swim 90 kms cycling and 21.1 kms run Swim is followed by cycle Ride and then running of 21.1 kms .Each sport has its individual cut offs and to be finished in 8.30 hours . Aman finished in 6.06 hours and Archit finished in 6.26 hours . Before this event both Aman Gupta and Archit Puri participated in Tuffman Tri event in Chandigarh This was Aman Gupta second Iron man 70.3 distance this year .. Before this he had completed in Dubai in March Archit Puri did his first Ironman Half distance . Both of them were preparing for this event for the last 8 months. Conditions in Goa were hot and humid and in total contrast to what we trained in our home town making the Goa event more challenging specially swimming in sea .But people of Goa keep motivating the athletes especially in the run part, said Aman Gupta. This is a special event for me as it was my first iron man race. Couldn’t have asked for a better place than Goa. The people in Goa were very encouraging and the support for the event was excellent. Both of them said that without the support from families it will not be possible to balance daily training and office work.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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