Japanese Jumpei Furuya, 2018 Asian Games triathlon gold medalist, banners a large field of top foreign bets vying for qualifying points in the 2019 NTT ASTC Subic Bay International Triathlon (SuBIT) Asian Cup set April 27 and 28.
Furuya, currently ranked no. 43 in the world and champion of last January’s NTT ASTC Asian Cup event in Rayong, Thailand will be backstopped by 13 other Japanese triathletes.
Poised to challenge the Japanese are China’s sextet and Hong Kong’s large contingent – 33 entries spread over the Elite, Junior and Super Sprint Distance Categories.
Supported by Philippine Sports Commission (PSC,) NTT, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), Standard Insurance, Asian Centre for Insulation Philippines (ACIP) and Pocari Sweat, the event lured over a hundred foreign entries.
Chinese Taipei has 18 entries, Korea 16, Macao 10, Singapore nine, Syria six and Thailand four.
Not to be discounted in the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run Elite competition are both the pair of Australians and Palestinians and a sole Canadian.
