Endurance team back to races

Manama : Daniela Ryf of the Bahrain Endurance 13 team is making a comeback to racing this weekend after spending the past few months recovering from a back injury. She is happy to test her fitness at Rapperswill, Switzerland one of her favourite races and one she has won three times consecutively. “So I want to participate even when I’m not at my best. I want to support those that have supported me,” Ryf said. “I’ve been injured the last three months and happy things are finally getting better. I’ve been training at altitude in St. Moritz for a week now,” she added.

Alistair Brownlee sealed a hometown win in Leeds last year on his way to defending his Olympic gold medal. After three half distance races, the dual Olympic champion is changing gears to mix it up over the short distance once again. “It was the perfect result for me in 2016 to win in my home city and I’ll be doing all I can to repeat it this year,” Brownlee  said. 

Holly Lawrence will take on the historic Escape from Alcatraz. She won here last year against Olympic medal contenders in her lead-up to her breakout win at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. 

“Racing the course is the only way to prepare for this race. I hope that my experience last year on the course will help me line up against this year’s fierce competition,” Lawrence said.

Fredrik Croneborg is back in action at Ironman 70.3 Japan where he is a frequent podium fixture. The Swede took fifth in Chita last year after a bike crash ten days prior, but with good fitness backing up from a second place finish at the Pattaya Triathlon last weekend, he will definitely once again be a podium contender.

David Plese is building up to his next race, Ironman Austria, in a bid to qualify for the Ironman World Championship.