BERLIN: German adventurer and extreme athlete Jonas Deichmann completed his 106th long-distance triathlon and set a world record.

German news agency dpa reported on Friday that Deichmann completed the Ironman Triathlon that included 3.8 kilometres of swimming, 180km of cycling, and 42km of running.

It has become Deichmann’s daily routine for the past 106 days and the endurance milestone was achieved Challenge Roth course in Bavaria in Germany on Thursday.

“New world record, 106th. Awesome,” Deichmann said after overtaking Britain’s Sean Conway, who held the previous record. “This has been my life for eight or nine months now, there has not been time for anything else. It is so cool to finally be here now.”

And yet this record is still just an interim goal and Deichmann is not finished yet. He plans to complete a long-distance triathlon for 120 consecutive days. The Challenge120, as he named it, started on 9th May and is to end on 5th September, and it is also a charity project.

Source: Emirates News Age
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