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Triathletes out in force

All roads lead to Clearwater Beach tomorrow where individual junior and senior, and team bragging rights will go up for grabs in the popular Bank of Bermuda Triathlon.Racing gets underway at 8.30am with the Individual and Team Junior Triathlon showcasing some of the Island’s most promising junior athletes.The junior event will be followed by the adult Individual and Team Sprint Triathlon at 9.30am.This year will see adults compete over a 750 metre swim, 20K bike ride and 5K run.Junior athletes aged seven to ten will race over a course consisting of a 100 metre swim, 5K bike ride and a 1K run. Kids ages 11 to 14 will compete in a 200 metre swim, 10K bike ride and a 2K run.The no drafting rule will apply during the cycling stage of the event.Noticeable absentees from this year’s adult event are elite triathletes Tyler Butterfield and Flora Duffy who are currently representing Bermuda at the Pan Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.The pair won the respective 2009 individual men’s and women’s events, but also missed last year’s event.