Wednesday, August 20, 2008

New Asian Triple Ironman record by Kua Harn Wei

Singapore's own ultra Ironman, Dr. Kua Harn Wei has done us proud, yet again! He recently set a new Asian record for the Triple Ultra Triathlon held in Germany last month.

This triple Ironman covers 11.4km swim, 540km cycle and then 126.6km run. The last Asian record was by Japanese triathlete Nakayama. Harn Wei completed the triple Ironman in 45 hours 13 minutes, 20 minutes better than Nakayama's Asian record!

Since July this year, Harn Wei has embarked on five triathlon races held around the world to raise funds for the Shaw Foundation Alumni House. The races are the Double Iron World Championship in Quebec City and Triple Ultra Triathlon in Germany in July; Double Ironman World Cup in Hungary in August; Double Iron World Cup in Virginia, USA, in October and the Deca Iron World Challenge in Mexico in November.

For more about Harn Wei's achievements, see TODAY's report The Reluctant Ironman.

Read more about this recent feat from Harn Wei's blog.

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