Taiwanese Chang Tuan-chun (???) won the individual race in the ironman triathlon in Taitung on Sunday, breaking the record set by another Taiwan athlete two years ago, according to the county government.
Chang clocked 3 hours, 52 minutes and 48 seconds on the 113-kilometer route of the 2022 MaiCoin IRONMAN 70.3, the county government said in a statement.
A four-time winner of the ironman triathlon title at Taiwan’s National Games, Chang on Sunday smashed the 3:58:53 record set by Taiwanese triathlete Hsiao Yu (??) in the 2020 edition of the Taitung race, the statement said.
The Taitung triathlon comprised a 1.9 km swim, a 90 km bike ride, and a 21.1 km run in Taitung Forest Park and Flowing Lake.
Chang Chia-chia (???) finished first in the women’s division, clocking 4:53:05, while her sister Chang Ting-ting (???) placed second with a time of 5:15:19.
Meanwhile, Hung Kuo-chan (???), the first visually impaired Taiwanese runner to participate in the Boston Marathon, also joined the Taitung triathlon event.
Some 200 foreign residents in Taiwan and about 1,500 Taiwanese athletes participated Sunday in the Taitung triathlon, which was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel