19 Nov. 2015 – The Lebanese Triathlon Federation organized the 2015 Lebanese Championship in Mina, Tripoli, with the support of the Minister of Sports Abdelmouttaleb HENNAOUI represented by Yaser HABOUCHI.
The triathlon is composed of three disciplines: 750 meters of swimming followed by 20km Cycling and finally 5km run! This championship noticed a new Lebanese Champion in the women’s category, Tala AHMAD SALAM (Inter-Lebanon), while Mohamad BAGHDADI (Homentmen) defended his title again this year!
This edition gathered a large number of participants from different gender and ages which is a positive sign for the development of this sport in Lebanon.
In the Men’s Triathlon, Ali AL ZAABI (Army) came second behind BAGHDADI and Jack MICHAEL (Army) finished in the third place. In the women’s, Rana BOU MASLAH (Elite) finished in second place behind Tala SALAM (Inter-Lebanon), and Mirna KHAYAT (Elite) came in third.
On the other hand, the age group categories results came as follows:
Men’s U23:
- Mohamad Baghdadi (Homentmen)
- Abdallah Al Er (Maan Loubnan)
- Zakariya Abde (Maan Loubnan)
Men’s 24-29:
- Ali Al Zaabi (Army)
- Moustapha Badour (Army)
Men’s 30-39:
- Jack Michael (Army)
- Ahmad Chemmou (Army)
- Lindos Daou (Elite)
Men’s 40-49:
- Fady Karam (Elite)
- Bachir Nasr (Renaissance Fitness)
- Ali Ziour (Army)
Men’s 50+:
- Ziad Al Boustani (Elite)
- Ramzy Ghanem (Elite)
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