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LOCAL SPORTS Friday 23 February 2018
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Guardian goes off-road with Aquathlon Sprint and Super Sprint

For the Sprint, the athletes
raced 4.4km swim a dis-
tance of 750m and finish up
with another run of 2.6 km.
The swim took place in the
choppy waters off Arashi
Beach. The run began on
the sands of Arashi Beach
and passed behind the
California Lighthouse.

THE WINNERS
The finals results had Gi-
annon Eights winning the
Men’s division with a time
of 39.27. He was followed
by Francisco Rivera at
43.48, and third place fin-
isher Sean Toppenberg
with a time of 43.56.
The Women’s race was
tightly contested until thre
very with Linda Smith fin-
ishing with a time of 49.19,
Amadee Nicolaas with
50.11 and Sandra Postma
57.02 respectively.
The Open Relay category
saw Gregory Wouters and
Kevin Gama finished with
Oranjestad – The second adults the children race a time of 39.10, Kenrick Pi- Tyree Koeiman with a time 26.46 and Vera-Elise Bak-
event organized by the was well-attended. chard and Joshwa Jansen, of 24 minutes, Christaan meyer clocking a 27.06.
Aruba Triathlon Association the second-place relay Jansen at 24.59 and Rylan
was a resounding success. In the Off Road Aquathlon team entered with a time Semeleer finishing at 25.08. WHAT’S NEXT
The Guardian Group Off- Sprint, you have to run 2.2 of 40.23, and the 3rd-place The Girls were hot on their The next event hosted by
Road Aquathlon Sprint and kilometers, swim 375 meters team of Flory Kock and pace with Rebecca Jan- the Aruba Triathlon Associ-
Super Sprint at Arashi had and finsh off with a second Zyon Geerman sen timing in at 26.35, Alee- ation will on March 11, 2018
57 participants. As with the run of 1.3km. The Boys winners were za Semeleer with a time of at Boca Catalina.q

After winning the TK5 Surinam

Lotto of Aruba gives young taekwondo athletes a warm welcome

The president of Lotto pa Deporte,
Di-Stefano Wernet, gave the ath-
letes a warm welcome.
Lotto pa Deporte also congratu-
lated the parents who encourage
the childrento follow the sport
Alberto Klaber of the Brazil Tae-
kwondo Foundation was happy
the welcoming by Lotto pa De-
porte. They won against both
opponents and for the seventh
time came home with the trophy.
The Mini team won 5 trophies,
meanwhile the Youth didn’t lose
a match on their way to two tro-
phies. They will prepare for the
next competition which is in No- the parents, Lotto Pa Deporte and ing home victorious. This is the re-
vember against Curacao. the Aruba Taekwondo Associa- ward for the directors of the Aruba
The children gave their all during tion for all their support. Taekwondo Association,” Dr. Jimi-
ORANjESTAd - The Brazil Taekwon- the completion. Each time they The president of the Aruba Tae- nez so proudly said.
do Foundation and Taekwondo fought they were closer to get- kwondo Association, Dr. Guaic- Záhyon Klabér said the competi-
Impact School of Monica Pimin- ting a medal. This year Surinam aipuro Jimenez, was present to tion was fantastic. This was Zahy-
tel won the TK5 Surinam title. Lotto had a fairly strong team with their greet the athletes. Every year, the on last competions in the Juniors
pa depote [The Lottery for Sports] best fighters in Minis and Juniors taekwondo athletes from different and now moves up to the Seniors
met with the young athletes, who categories. The trained very hard schools come together to form a division. He said in this category,
came home proud of their recent for the chance to win a title. Brazil team that represents Aruba in the there is space for other taekwon-
accomplishment. Taekwondo Foundation thanked TK5 Surinam. “We’re used to com- do athletes.q