Kim Mangrobang trained extensively in a high-performance facility in Portugal over the past two months exactly to give it her best shot in a series of Olympic qualification races.
The two-time Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) champion will race in the Asia Triathlon Championship in Hatsukaichi, Japan, on Saturday, the first in a string of tournaments that could propel her to the coming Tokyo Olympics.
The 29-year-old Mangrobang was entered in the women’s elite of the 1.5kilometer swim-40km bike-10km run contest against the finest in the continent such as Japan’s Ai Ueda and Yuka Sato, and Zhong Mengying of China.
“I hope that Kim lands in the top 5-6. Her training [in …
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