SUBIC, Philippines — Cameron Brown of New Zealand looks to dominate even as Lithuania’s Alex Kochetkov hopes to chalk up one for charity as the first Century Tuna full Ironman Philippines braces for a grand staging tomorrow here. Brown, 12-time Ironman New Zealand champion and two-time Hawaii Ironman second placer, is ready to dish out top form against an elite field which includes man-on-a-mission Kochetkov who is bent on completing 100 full distance races in a year for charity in the country’s first full Ironman race. The inaugural full distance race, held in conjunction with the decade-long staging of Ironman races here by the organizing Sunrise Events, Inc., drew 1,552 triathletes, 333 of whom signed up for the 70.3 race also set tomorrow. We want to honor the sport, the distance and Ironman. We believe with this course we laid out, we will do justice to that,” said SEI founder Fred Uytengsu.

Source: Philippine Star June 01, 2018 15:33 UTC