Ebenezer Osabutey and Marie Moreau emerged victorious at the 9th edition of Cowbell Triathlon Legon Sprint Series organised by the Ghana Triathlon Federation. The defending champion, Ebenezer Osabutey, showed he has lost none of his trademark power and rhythm on the two wheels and he hung on in the run to triumph in 1:20:06s seconds. As the name suggests, triathlon is a multiple stage competition involving three continuous endurance disciplines – swimming, biking and running – at the same time in a distance of 600m, 20km and 5km respectively. Fifty-eight triathletes including Australian High Commissioner to Ghana Andrew Barnes and British High Commissioner Iain Walker participated in the series. All the winners went home with shining medals as well as products from sponsors Cowbell and a branded Ghana Triathlon Lacoste. Speaking at the end of a successful day of competition, President of the Ghana Triathlon Federation Bawa Fuseini was happy to share the success story for the Federation. “It is fascinating to know that those who participated in the African Cup here in Ghana this year went ahead to win the African Games in Morocco. “They were 3rd and 4th in Ghana but emerged 1st and 2nd in the African Games. This shows what we did at Labadi earlier this year has yielded results and we are also going to focus on Ghana Triathlon not only organized but to get Ghana triathlete to compete favourably for Ghana Triathlon at the international levels.” The race was one of the several races GTF is organizing to create and develop generational pipeline and to also unearth and polish the emerging young talents for the future of Ghana triathlon. Another high point of the event was the reliance of the two commissioners who challenged the young athletes for honours. British High Commissioner Iain walker was overwhelmed and commended the Federation for such an awesome organisation. “They should do it again because I have done a few triathlon in the UK and this is really well organised and honestly this really good fun,” he noted. “I encourage everyone to get involved because it is a mixture of abilities and some of the Ghanaians are really fantastic.”
Ghana Triathlon: Ebenezer Osabutey wins 9th sprint series
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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com