The president of the Beninese Triathlon Federation Richard Assah and his team continue to properly carry out their program of activities to truly promote and popularize triathlon and duathlon in Benin.. In this frame after Bassila, Djougou et Bohicon, was held on Sunday 29 August 2021 in the city of Kobourou the competition called the "Parakou Standard Duathlon".
For this competition, 25 athlètes étaient attendus mais finalement ils sont près d’une quinzaine à être sur la ligne de départ avec à la clé la présence des quatre meilleurs athlètes détectés lors du «Sprint Duathlon de Bassila» et du «Sprint Duathlon de Djougou». Au terme des trois épreuves à savoir, 10Race km, 40Km of cycling and 5Km of running simultaneously, it was Illyassou Tairou from the municipality of Djougou who won the first prize. Sakibou Tanko and Sounon Guerra Midou come respectively in second and third position. "I'm happy to be the first but that doesn't mean I'm better than the others. It's the training that differs. Overall the race was very good. The first ones 10 km were difficult for me because I was not hot and my knee still hurt but on the bike I felt very comfortable. I will continue to work to improve my performance ”, declared the winner. Chez les dames Nasiratou Toko s’adjuge de la palme d’or. « Mes ambitions sont de travailler pour être toujours en tête », she confided. Happy and satisfied with the mobilization around the event in Parakou, Richard Assah, président de la Fédération Béninoise de Triathlon a salué tous ceux qui œuvrent pour la vulgarisation de cette discipline peu connue du public. « J’ai aimé la mobilisation autour de cet événement à Parakou. This is more pleasing ”. To believe it, l’objectif est atteint car les talents détectés ont confirmé. « L’essentiel, is to work so that athletes improve their performance ”, he said while evoking the problem of lack of equipment "I can reassure you that we will do everything on our side with our partners so that our athletes can have competition bikes available to them.. And already the four best athletes detected during the Sprint Duathlon in Bassila will each benefit from next September, of a professional racing bike donated by the NGO American CSR Multisports led by Gabe Manner ".
Damien TOLOMISSI