Abu Dhabi: With three weeks to go before the inaugural $250,000 (Dh918,000) Abu Dhabi International Triathlon, organisers have confirmed one of the top men's elite fields of any 2010 event yesterday.
Leading the charge in the men's category are Sweden's Bjorn Andersson, one of the world's best-long distance cyclists; Phil Graves, the emerging UK Ironman champion; Raynard Tissink, South Africa's five-time Ironman winner and Faris Al Sultan, Team Abu Dhabi Triathlon's Ironman World Champion.
"I'm looking forward to a challenging race in a unique part of the world that I have not yet visited. I expect the competition to be really tough, but I expect the course and conditions to be even tougher. My overall goal will be to finish, yet as I usually handle the heat pretty well, I'll be conservatively looking to finish in the top 10," said Tissink.
