Sprint Triathlon – A Picture Story

April 22, 2009

Photos by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports.

Changi Beach Park, Sunday, April 19, 2009 – Sunday morning saw Wille Loo and Trudy Fawcett emerge the overall winner of the Singapore Sprint Series. With a turnout of hundreds, here’s a picture story of the day.

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There was a brief moment where dark clouds covered the beach but it soon cleared for another successful race. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Competitors in the women’s wave starting off. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Christel Fung waves towards a supporter before the race. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Chiu Suk Han is a face of concentration before the start. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Kevin Timmons finishes his swim. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Arnaud Selukov emerges out of the water with a swim time of 11 min 59 sec. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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“Where’s Daddy?” (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Distressed swimmers are brought back to shore safely. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Christel emerges out of the water with the fastest swim time of 10 min 28 sec. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Lin Zhiyun emerges out of the water in 12 min 27 sec. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Suk Han finishes in 13 min 12 sec. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A child watches the race. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Eliza Tan heads to transition. (Photo 13 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Victor Seah shows some sign of agony as he comes out of the water. (Photo 14 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A competitor on the bike leg. (Photo 15 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Competitors come down a long stretch of road on the bike leg. (Photo 16 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A competitor in the physically challenged category peddles with arm power in the bike leg. (Photo 17 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Lin Zhiyuncompletes the first lap in the bike segment. (Photo 18 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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“Dismount!” A volunteer gets a competitor to dismount before heading to transition. (Photo 19 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A competitor comes down the final stretch of the bike segment. (Photo 20 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Anthony Payne peddles with his son Ralph in the bike segment. (Photo 21 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Mun Wei En stumbles a little as he dismounts off his bicycle. (Photo 22 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Kevin Timmons finishes the race first in the 40-49 category. (Photo 23 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A competitor races down the final stretch. (Photo 24 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Arnaud Magnier comes down the final stretch. (Photo 25 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Arjan Roukema and Steven Joyce share some laughs as they cross the line together. (Photo 26 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Mun Wei En crosses the finishing line. (Photo 27 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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A face of accomplishment. (Photo 28 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Frank Stein finishes the race in 1 hr 16 min 49 sec. (Photo 29 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Paul Absalom crosses the line with his son. (Photo 30 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Christel crosses the line in 1 hr 20 min 46 sec. (Photo 31 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Harriette Purchas and Mandy Neil jostle a little as they cross the finishing line. (Photo 32 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Ong Lian Hoe and Gregory Pong cross the finishing line hand in hand. (Photo 33 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Henry Tan Han Hwa crosses the finishing line, kids in tow. (Photo 34 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Exhausted participants grab a breather at the finishing line. (Photo 35 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Anthony Payne crosses the finishing line, fulfilling his promise to complete a triathlon with his son. (Photo 36 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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An emotional Anthony at the finish line. (Photo 37 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Anthony’s child Ralph Payne, 10, receives a medal for the accomplishment. (Photo 38 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Team Hall Support Crew – the things a mother does… (Photo 39 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Related story: Wille Loo and Trudy Fawcett scoop Sprint Triathlon titles

More pictures in the gallery.

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14 Responses to “Sprint Triathlon – A Picture Story”

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  1. 14
    local Says:

    i actually think there are more expats in the race than locals actually… the sport of triathlon in singapore is such. i think it’s already awesome that there’s a story with pictures to go along! the newspapers don’t do it for sure.

  2. 13
    Les Says:

    @sgrunnerinhk:

    The volunteer crew focuses on the top finishers of the race regardless of race. Perhaps you’re not familiar with triathlons but the nature of the event dictates this strategy.

    Waiting for all locals to come out of the water, finish the bike leg or start their run just to take their pictures will mean missing crucial parts of the race.

    We take a variety of pictures to give a sense of the event. That there are pictures of both locals and foreigners will indicate the mix of the participant profile.

    This is a sports site dedicated to the Singapore sports story so perhaps your disappointment is unnecessarily misplaced.

  3. 12
    sgrunnerinhk Says:

    given that there are more locals in this race, i would expect to see more of these faces in this photo collection. but i’m wrong. disappointed.

  4. 11
    Ian Hall Says:

    I’m glad you like our Support Crew t-shirt. :-)

    Thanks Mom!

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