Pranav grabs top honour in 113km triathlon; Deepak, Collignon bag top positions in Olympic triathlon

Haryana's Pranav Chhikara clocked a timing of 5 hours 31 minutes & 43 seconds to cover a distance of 113km --- 1.9km swimming,  90km cycling and run of 21.1km --- to grab the top honours in the triathlon event of the Tuffman TRI 113 Chandigarh on Sunday.

Indian Army's Surender Malik clocked 5:49:02 to finish second, while Punjab's Amritpal Singh (6:37:48) was placed third in 113km triathlon.

The 113km triathlon kicked off with exploring the open water of Sukhna Lake. The swimming leg was of 1.9km, followed by 90km cycling on the Kurali-Chandigarh highway and the running leg was through the DLF Hyde Park Estate. The finish line was at the DLF The City Club in New Chandigarh.

Over 120 triathletes,  including from France, Russia, Italy & Japan, participated in the second edition of the Tuffman 113km Tri event.

Apart from the 113km triathlon, there were Olympic distance triathlon, sprint triathlon and a duathlon – a combination of cycling & running.

In the Olympic triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km bike ride, 10km run), Deepak Khandodiya of Gurgaon clocked 2:57:48 sec to grab the first position in the men's category. Delhi's Akash Duggal (3:07:21) finished second, while Russia's Nikita Zhvachkin (3:08:12) finished third.

In the women’s category of the Olympic triathlon, France's Collignon Audrey (3:25:30) finished first, Maharashtra's Tanvi Kale (4:07:51) came second.

In the men’s sprint triathlon (0.75km swim, 20km bike ride, 5km run), Haryana's Saransh Ahlawat (1:37:38) finished first, while Maharashtra's Abhishek Jaswal (1:39:10) was placed second. Delhi's Shaaswat Sharma (1:59:44) came third.

Results (provisional) -

Triathlon  TRI 113

Men: 1. Pranav Chhikara, 2. Surender Malik, 3. Amritpal Singh.

Olympic Triathlon

Men: 1. Deepak Khandodiya, 2. Akash Duggal, 3. Nikita Zhvachkin.

Women: 1. Collignon Audrey, 2. Tanvi Kale.

Sprint Triathlon

Men: 1. Saransh Ahlawat, 2. Abhishek Jaswal, 3. Shaaswat Sharma.

Olympic Duathlon

Men: 1. Pratik Barde, 2. Kaveesh Gaindhar, 3. Kumar Gaurav.

Women: 1. Pinky Kharal Sharma, 2. Dr Priyanka Mantri.

Sprint Duathlon

Men: 1. Uday Raj Singh Gerwal, 2. Gurkiret Singh, 3. Robin Klar.

Women: 1. Vishu Dhama, 2. Akriti Saxena, 3. Pratibha Sharma.