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Aussies dominate Bali triathlon
Race to the water: Participants in the Herbalife Bali International Triathlon (HBIT) 2015 enter the water in Bali on Sunday
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Race to the water: Participants in the Herbalife Bali International Triathlon (HBIT) 2015 enter the water in Bali on Sunday. The event featured 1,200 participants from 31 countries, according to the organizers.(JP/Zul Trio Anggono) (HBIT) 2015 enter the water in Bali on Sunday. The event featured 1,200 participants from 31 countries, according to the organizers.(JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
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span class="inline inline-center">Race to the water: Participants in the Herbalife Bali International Triathlon (HBIT) 2015 enter the water in Bali on Sunday. The event featured 1,200 participants from 31 countries, according to the organizers.(JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
Australian athletes emerged the winners among more than 1,300 professional and amateur athletes from 31 countries in the Herbalife Bali International Triathlon in Jimbaran, on Sunday.
Philippnes-based Australian Mitchell Robins registered the best time of 2:05:58 to win the men's Olympic distance category, followed by Indonesians Bachtiar Yan and Muhammad Kadri.
The victory added to Robins' recent achievements of winning Ironman 70.3 Japan and Half Challenge Forster.
The women's honor belonged to Kylie Scholz with a time of 2:43:37. Fellow Australian Rossans Bille finished in second place and Indonesian Shafiya Varra Dinda Adha in third place.
The Olympic distance comprises a 1.5 kilometer swim, a 40 kilometer bike-ride and a 10 kilometer run. The other two categories in the competition were the sprint distance, comprising a 500 meter swim, a 20 kilometer bike-ride and a 5 kilometer run and the 5-km fun run.
Robins said that he was very happy to participate in the 7th Bali triathlon for the first time. 'It's obviously fantastic. It's great to be in Bali and my first time to race. And I am really happy,' he said. 'The run course is really hilly and hot and it's a good challenge,' Robins added.
Scholz also acknowledged the challenging event. 'It's a difficult course with running on the sands and hills and dealing with the traffic on the bike course, but it is a lot better than the previous year. It's challenging, but fun,' Scholz, who participated in the Bali Triathlon for second time, said.
'We are glad that we could hold the Bali triathlon again after last year absence,' said Bali International Triathlon organizer Brennan Lindner. The event was canceled last year due to Indonesia's general elections.
