The First Session of Biathlon of Riding and Running to 

Be Held in the Sports Center

       On July 16, 2016 Dalian First Session of Biathlon of Riding and Running will be on in Dalian Sports Center. 300 competitive athletes from home and abroad will bring a splendid athletic performance of international and professional standard in the magnificent stadium of the Sports Center.

       Biathlon of Riding and Running derives from ironman triathlon. Since not all athletes are good at swimming, and a large number of riders and runners cannot swim, biathlon came into being, which enjoys great popularity among athletes of ironman triathlon. Just as its name implies, in the event of Biathlon of Riding and Running, athletes run first, then ride, and then run until they finish the contest. There are two groups in this year’s event-Full Length Group (as per different age-groups) and Experience Group, the distance of which is 31 kilometers and 7.54 kilometers, respectively. The track is the inner circular track of the Sports Center. 

       2016 Dalian First Session of Biathlon of Riding and Running Challenge Contest is sponsored by Dalian Sports Association and Dalian Sports Association of Ironman Triathlon, organized by Dalian Yongguan Sports Culture Transmission Co., Ltd. The concept of this event is to popularize the idea of “Healthy Dalian with All Citizen Exercising”, advocate “low carbon, environment protection, and health”. The pattern combining the contest with public benefit activity will encourage more fans of cycling and running to take part in, so as to forge a contest series and maintain sustainable development in a cyclic way.

       As the first event to be held in the three northeast provinces of China, Biathlon of Riding and Running fills in the gap for a large scale sports event with majority of participants from ordinary people. It is aimed to unfold a vigorous mass campaign for sports in Dalian and even in the three northeast provinces of China, enabling more people to know about the Dalian, “the City of Charm”, through the event, and experience the life of Dalian as “the City of Sports”.

       After years of operation, the Sports Center is cooperating with professional event operation companies in order to forge a platform for amateurs, enabling them to participate in the competition. On July 16, we will be waiting for you in Dalian Sports Center, looking forwards to a fortuitous meeting with you in the Biathlon of Riding and Running.