{"id":20246,"date":"2024-05-28T11:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/asia-pacific-champs-at-challenge-gunsan-saemangeum\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:31:40","slug":"asia-pacific-champs-at-challenge-gunsan-saemangeum","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/asia-pacific-champs-at-challenge-gunsan-saemangeum\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Pacific Champs at Challenge Gunsan-Saemangeum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Challenge Gunsan-Saemangeum will host the Challenge Family Asia-Pacific Championships over 226km with an international field of professional athlete and over 1,000 age group athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The course includes the world\u2019s longest seawall with its unique eco-environment and spectacular scenery.\u00a0The Asia Pacific Championship edition in 2024 will see qualification slots for The Championship doubled from top six to top 12 in each age group and also the professional prize purse increased to US$43,000.<\/p>\n<p>Top contenders in the men\u2019s field include Challenge Taiwan champion, Jack Moody (NZL), who is closely pitted against Portugal\u2019s Filipe Azevedo who came second in Taiwan and Jesper Svensson (SWE). Both Azevedo and Svensson also went head to head in this year\u2019s The Championship two weekends ago where they came seventh and eight respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s race, Marlene de Boer (NED) will be up against Regan Hollioake (AUS), fresh from her win at Ironman Australia, and New Zealand\u2019s Kate Bevilaqua who got second here in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge Gunsan-Saemangeum will take place on Sunday 2 June with the start gun going off at 6:50am local time for the pro men. Live updates and timing will be available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.live\">www.challenge-family.live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/korea\/\">https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/korea\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, Challenge Gunsan-Saemangeum will host the Challenge Family Asia-Pacific Championships over 226km with an international field of professional athlete and over 1,000 age group athletes. 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