Dubai Resident Pro Filipe Azevedo Pulls Off An Incredible Finish At Ironman 70.3 Today

Everyone who managed to catch a glimpse of the Ironman 70.3 earlier are still in awe of Dubai resident and pro Filipe Azevedo’s incredible finish.

Several angles caught the second-runner up, Azevedo’s impressive finish, at the run held at Kite Beach today.

Ironman 70.3 Dubai is an international competition that offers 50 qualifying slots for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship 2021 in Utah.

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The competition is taking place near the Burj Al Arab.

Watch last year’s Ironman 70.3 when a struggling athlete was carried over to the finish line.

A sprint like no other: caught in the act

Together with his partner, Azevedo also runs Fawz Concept- a tailored triathlon coaching business in Dubai

 

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Dubai Sports Council posted a photo of the winners from today’s men and women categories

 

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Who finished first place?

The 2021 winner of Ironman 70.3 Dubai is Daniel Bakkegard- who finished first place and broke the previous record time of Jan Frodeno.

Awesome!

 

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The winning moment of Daniela Ryf!

Very happy with my victory at Ironman 70.3 Dubai 🥳
Thanks for all the support out there 😘
Congratulations to Imogen Simmonds for 🥈 and the amazing bike performance and to Sara Svensk for 🥉 with a great all-round race.
📷: @ActivImages / JMitchell / JacVan #happy #im703dubai pic.twitter.com/Mygdmw4vgF

— Daniela Ryf (@danielaryf) March 12, 2021

One of the triathletes, Jason Njoku, also tweeted about his personal experience

It was brutal as I thought it would be. I ended up all but crawling across the line. Slowest ever but fully completed Ironman 70.3 Dubai 😁 😎🏊🏾‍♂️🚴🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♂️✊🏾🇳🇬. Next year in going to crush this course. Next up Ironman 70.3 New York in July. Will be ready 😎 pic.twitter.com/n1dv6fTNG1

— JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) March 12, 2021

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