Int'l triathlon c'ships in Lombok

Int'l triathlon c'ships in Lombok

JAKARTA (JP): Eighteen men and women from five Indonesian cities, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan are on the list of participants for an international triathlon meet scheduled to start on Dec. 19 at Senggigi beach in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

"We expect 150 participants. We hope more countries will be interested in taking part," Srigede, the deputy governor of West Nusa Tenggara province, was quoted as saying by Antara in Mataram, the province's capital, on Thursday.

The triathlon combines swimming, cycling and running. Its participants will have to swim two kilometers, cycle 60 kilometers and run 10 kilometers. The meet will be the second one to have been held in Lombok. (arf)