{"id":325880,"date":"2011-03-21T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/21\/uganda-triathlon-moved-from-lake-victoria\/"},"modified":"2011-03-21T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T07:38:42","slug":"uganda-triathlon-moved-from-lake-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/uganda-triathlon-moved-from-lake-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Triathlon Moved From Lake Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.9868995633\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a142097fmonitor180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Sande Bashaija<\/p>\n<p>18 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Participants in this year&#8217;s Entebbe Triathlon will swim in a pool instead of Lake Victoria, organizers said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The event is due March 27 starting at Lake Victoria Hotel. &#8220;We are trying out something different this time round. We hope swimming in the pool will attract more people,&#8221; Fridtjof Behnsen, one of the organizers, revealed yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Triathlon, a combination of three events &#8211; running, cycling and swimming &#8211; is an Olympic sport but has not been taken up by many Ugandans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>But Behnsen, runner Alex Matovu and other few individuals under Activate Uganda, a sports event-organising company, are keen on promoting the event.<\/p>\n<p>They started with 51 participants in 2006 but attracted 127 in last year&#8217;s edition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our aim is to have an Olympic standard event and maybe start an association for the sport in Uganda,&#8221; Behnsen revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors in Entebbe will cycle for 40km, do a 20km run and swim for 1,000m. First-timers will, though, swim a 1000m distance, run 5km and ride a bike over 20km.<\/p>\n<p>Behnsen said registration is still ongoing at Game-Lugogo, Alliance Francaise and Grand Imperial Hotel but closes on Sunday. Registration is open to individuals and teams. Action on competition day starts at 7am.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103210126.html\" title=\"Uganda: Triathlon Moved From Lake Victoria\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: Triathlon Moved From Lake Victoria<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sande Bashaija 18 March 2011 Participants in this year&#8217;s Entebbe Triathlon will swim in a pool instead of Lake Victoria, organizers said yesterday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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