Maltese athletes in Austria race

The three Maltese athletes who took part in the Ironman race held recently in Austria completed the race in good time, despite facing several difficulties.

A total of 1,850 athletes from around the world started the race but more than 400 of them did not reach the finishing line due to injuries or other obstacles.

Mark Bugeja set a personal best time of 10 hours and 29 minutes. Michael Gellel found difficult times during the run but still finished in 10 hours and 52 minutes and Charlie Demanuele, faced with a hamstring injury three hours into the race, finished in a lot of pain in 11 hours and 50 minutes.

The race involved swimming, cycling a distance of 180 kilometres and running 42.2 kilometres.