As you all know, it\u2019s a weird year. We almost haven\u2019t had any events, as most had to be canceled or postponed, cause of the COVID19-virus. In a normal year, at the end of this month CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>GUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM<\/i>, our race in Korea, would have taken place. Unfortunately, this race couldn\u2019t happen as well, but the team in Korea thought of something else to bring some excitement to their local community. The result: the world\u2019s first several-day indoor triathlon event!<\/p>\n
The event consists of three rounds. In the first round, every athlete had the chance to qualify for the semi-finals. During 15 rounds, in more than 20 different cities, over 500 participants joined the online cycling event, trying to qualify for the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
In partnership with local fitness centers in 6 different cities, the semi-finals were hosted. \u201cBecause smart rollers are quite expensive to buy for amateur triathletes themselves,\u00a0CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>KOREA<\/i>\u00a0collaborated with several cycling- and triathlon training centers, so everyone could join this event\u201d, explains CEO Kyungho Kwak.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, just before the third round of the semi-finals, the event had to stop, because of new restrictions applied by the local authorities. The Super Final, which would be held in\u00a0CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>GUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM\u2019<\/i>s race weekend, is also canceled for now. The local team is trying to find a new date later this year to continue with the indoor series. \u201cFor now it\u2019s difficult, but we want to do everything to give the athletes an opportunity to race this year\u201d, says general manager Minseung Kim.<\/p>\n
Very fair cancelation options\u00a0<\/b>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>GUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM\u00a0<\/i>2020<\/p>\n
As said,\u00a0CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>GUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM\u00a0<\/i>can\u2019t take place this year.\u00a0However, we\u2019re happy that for this race the team is able to offer very fair cancelation options, while we know they are also suffering and are impacted by the situation a lot:<\/p>\n The registration for next year\u2019s\u00a0CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>GUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM,\u00a0<\/i>taking place in September 2021, will open soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you all know, it\u2019s a weird year. We almost haven\u2019t had any events, as most had to be canceled or postponed, cause of the COVID19-virus. In a normal year, at the end of this month CHALLENGEGUNSAN-SAEMANGEUM, our race in Korea, would have taken place. Unfortunately, this race couldn\u2019t happen as well, but the team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":1024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n\n