Middle East’s first ever Urbanathlon draws sell-out field at Yas

Sport360 staff 07:19 26/10/2014
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  • Beating all odds: Competitors had to cross 17 obstacles in the Urbanathlon challenge.

    The Middle East’s first ever Urba­nathlon got off to a winning start yesterday at Yas Marina Circuit, with 600 athletes lining up at the start line.

    The number of competitors was limited to 600 due to safety con­siderations as it was the inaugural race.

    The Urbanathlon event, organ­ised by Men’s Health Middle East and sponsored by Activelife by Daman, saw the runners battling with 17 difficult obstacles that spanned the 10km course, includ­ing having to crawl under an F1 dis­play car, jump into Yas Marina for a 50m swim, swing across monkey bars and climb a three-metre wall, as well as deal with other testing hurdles.

    The first prize in the male cat­egory was won by James Bucha­nan, who completed the race in 39 minutes and 39 seconds, while Genevieve Godward won the female category in a time of 49 minutes and 21 seconds.

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