{"id":17719,"date":"2019-07-25T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/preparations-for-ford-challengeprague-culminate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:46:19","slug":"preparations-for-ford-challengeprague-culminate","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/preparations-for-ford-challengeprague-culminate\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparations for FORD CHALLENGEPRAGUE culminate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prague, 25<sup>th<\/sup> of July \u2013 Both triathlon stars and amateurs will meet in Prague this weekend to experience the unique FORD <em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE<\/em><strong> race. The third edition of the race from the <em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY<\/em><strong> series will bring more than 1350 athletes from 45 countries to the centre of the Central European metropolis. The extraordinary track will lead from St\u0159eleck\u00fd island, from where the athletes will start on Saturday, 27<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preparations for the FORD <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE <\/em>take place similarly to any international event all year round, most intensely in the last month before the start. <em>\u201cFor the past few weeks we have been on the routes almost every day to prepare traffic situations and solve details that cannot be made from the office desk<\/em>,\u201d says the director of the race Tom\u00e1\u0161 Vrz\u00e1k. \u201c<em>During the week before the event, a coordination meeting is held at the Department of Crisis Management of the City of Prague with all affected authorities, the police, the emergency services and others, without which we would not be able to carry out the event. Preparedness, possible crisis and the last details of the cooperation are resolved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The organizers have only few hours to complete the construction of the facilities \u2013 the centre of the race in the surroundings of St\u0159eleck\u00fd island, V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e1 Street and Legion Bridge will be built overnight. \u201c<em>For us and our suppliers, this is literally a logistics exercise, mainly due to the extent and limited time available<\/em>,\u201d admits Vrz\u00e1k, Ford everything to be smooth, it is necessary to install, for example, 10 kilometres of fences or 2000 pieces of traffic signs. Almost 300 volunteers, more than 200 construction engineers and security agency staff, dozens of police officers, rescuers and referees are involved in the preparations and during the race itself.<\/p>\n<p>The world triathlon race will start on July 27 from St\u0159eleck\u00fd island. The centre of the race is placed on Legion Bridge with the finish at V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e1 street. There are four categories: the main race FORD <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE<\/em> <em>MIDDLE<\/em> consists of 1.9 km of swimming, 90 km of cycling and 21.1 km running. SCOTT <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>TRY-ATHLON <\/em>is designed for athletes who love challenges and at the same time do not dare to compete at the full-length track \u2013 the distances at this race are shorter. The popular team race <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE RELAYS <\/em>will not be missing as well, such as the HERVIS <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>JUNIOR, <\/em>running competition for children, which will take place on St\u0159eleck\u00fd island in the afternoon on Friday, 26th July. Families with children can look forward to another sports program during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The start list includes the World Champion and silver medallist from the last year\u2019s edition of FORD <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE<\/em> Pablo Dapena, winner of 2017 Pieter Heemeryck and rising star Frederic Funk. The Paralympic Rio 2016 winner Andrew Lewis will also feature in the main race. Among home stars, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Ko\u010da\u0159, Tom\u00e1\u0161 \u0158en\u010d, Petr Soukup, Petr Vabrou\u0161ek, former tandem cyclist Marek Mofl\u00e1r or handbiker Jan Tom\u00e1nek will not be missing. In the women\u2019s category, Czech star living in Australia Radka Vodi\u010dkov\u00e1-Kahlfeldt will compete, such as last year\u2019s winner Katrien Verstuyft from Belgium and silver medallist from London Olympics and World Champion Lisa Nord\u00e9n of Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>The courses of the race are published at <a href=\"https:\/\/challenge-prague.com\/race-information\/courses\/\">https:\/\/challenge-prague.com\/race-information\/courses\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: 27th July 2019<br \/>\nPlace: Prague<br \/>\nStart: St\u0159eleck\u00fd island<br \/>\nFinish: V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e1 street<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 26th July<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPO<\/strong> \u2013 trade show of the sporting equipment and partners of the race (V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e1 and Zborovsk\u00e1 street)<br \/>\n<strong>HERVIS <em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>JUNIOR<\/em> (St\u0159eleck\u00fd island)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 27th July<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPO<\/strong> \u2013 trade show of the sporting equipment and partners of the race (V\u00edt\u011bzn\u00e1 and Zborovsk\u00e1 street)<br \/>\n<strong>SCOTT<\/strong> <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>TRY-ATHLON<\/em> (0.38 km swim, 18 km bike, 4,2 km run)<br \/>\n<strong>FORD <em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE <\/em>MIDDLE (1.9 km swim, 90 km bike, 21.1 km run)<strong><em><br \/>\nCHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>PRAGUE<\/em> RELAYS (3 members, 1.9 km swim, 90 km bike, 21.1 km run)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prague, 25th of July \u2013 Both triathlon stars and amateurs will meet in Prague this weekend to experience the unique FORD CHALLENGEPRAGUE race. 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