The holiday started with open water swims SWIMSTAR at distances of 1 and 2 nautical miles, the participants covered 1,852 km and 3,704 km, respectively, in the waters of the Rowing Canal. Also on Friday there was a STARKIDS children’s race. Young athletes were treated to 500 m and 1000 m distances, and at the finish line they received real medals and gifts from their partners. The end of the first day of the festival was the IRONLADY women’s race, during which the participants ran 5 km along the embankment of the Rowing Canal, at the end of the race each lady received flowers and a commemorative medal.
On the second day of competition, the participants of the “half-iron” distance – 113 km – and the OLYMPIC distance tested their strength. Over a distance of 113 km, the triathletes had a 1.93 km swimming leg, a 90 km cycling leg and 21.1 km running. And the participants in the Olympic distance competition covered 1.5 km of swimming, 40 km of cycling and 10 km of running.
The swimming stage of both distances took place in the waters of the Grebnoy Canal, the cycling race took place along the central streets of the city past the walls of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, along the embankment of the Volga River and the main attractions of the city, and the running stage ended on the embankment of the Grebnoy Canal.
“A new star has lit up on the IRONSTAR map: Nizhny Novgorod greeted our festival with bright sunshine and hot weather. This added complexity to the race, but our participants are people who came to overcome themselves. Novice amateurs and the strongest athletes from all over the country competed in swims, races and triathlons. The races were spectacular, also thanks to the beauty of the city that surrounded the athletes throughout all distances. We are glad to discover Nizhny Novgorod for ourselves and our participants and look forward to meeting again next year!” — shared IRONSTAR General Director Vladimir Sheikin.