Held on May 21, 2023, the sixth edition of Challenge Family’s The Championship saw Mathis Margirier (FRA) and India Lee (GBR) top the podium in times of 3:31:29 and 3:58:29 respectively. In doing so, the male and female both broke the course records previously held by Florian Angert (2021) and Lucy Charles Barclay (2019).
Taking place at the x-bionic sphere Olympic training venue in Šamorín, Slovakia, over 1,200 of Challenge Family’s top professional and age group athletes lined-up, in a bid to claim titles over the middle distance 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km run.
With unseasonably cold weather in the lead up to the race, it was uncertain if a full swim was going to be able to take place due to the water temperature. However, the fears didn’t come to fruition and the athletes took to a new swim course in the Danube Canal for the full 1.9km.
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