Bahrain Endurance 13 team announced

Manama : Bahrain Endurance 13 team is setting the bar even higher with its line-up of all-star athletes and achievers racing for key long-distance triathlon titles and promoting a culture of health, wellness and endurance sporting excellence across the Gulf region and beyond.

Eight of the founding athlete line-up will once again return: five-time ITU world champion and two-time Ironman 70.3 world champion Javier Gomez, multiple Ironman world champions Daniela Ryf and Jan Frodeno, two-time ITU long course world champion Jodie Swallow-Cunnama, five-time world champion Terenzo Bozzone, two-time Ironman African champion Ben Hoffman, Ironman South American champion Brent McMahon, and Ironman champion David Plese.

Dual Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee and Ironman 70.3 world champion Holly Lawrence first signed onto the team last year, and both will be returning in 2018.

The team is also welcoming two new athletes to the roster: Ironman 70.3 World Championship runner-up Ben Kanute from the USA and Australian Olympian Ashleigh Gentle.  The two will race over Olympic, mixed team relay, and 70.3 formats, broadening Bahrain Endurance’s representation across all triathlon formats.

The thirteenth spot this year will be filled by Team Captain and founder HH Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee, who qualified for the Ironman World Championship and is one step closer to fulfilling a longtime dream.