Cdt. Neel Deshmukh of #MIT #MANET, participated and successfully completed the IRONMAN 70.3 Triathlon held in Antalya, Turkey. The triathlon consisted of 1.9km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running. Neel has completed this whole triathlon course in 6hrs 14mins. His age group rank was 10.The swim course was in the Mediterranean Sea, cycling on beautiful highways in Antalya and finally the run was a 2 loopin the Gloria Serenity resort. Neel has completed the 1.9km swimming course in 32mins, 90km cycling course in 3hrs 15mins and 21.1km running course in 2hrs 14mins.
#IRONMAN is one of the hardest single day endurance sports events in the world. It is an international triathlon held across different parts of the world. Athletes from all over the world take part in the event and the one held in turkey had athletes from over 100 countries each one representing their own flag.Neel was among the 7 Indians representing the Tricolor in Turkey and was the second fastest Indian to complete the course.
Neel is currently training at MIT MANET, Rajbaug campus for his next IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon which will be held at Colombo, Sri Lanka in February 2018 where he will be representing India among several athletes from all over the world. #mitadt #worlclasseducation #manet