TIRANA, May 27/ATA/ After the grand final of the Conference League, which took place on Wednesday at the “Air Albania” stadium, sports activities in Tirana continue on Sunday with the “Tiranathlon”, an extraordinary competition that includes three disciplines: swimming, cycling and running.
The competition will take place in Farka Lake and is organized by the municipality of Tirana, in cooperation with the Embassy of Greece to our country.
Mayor Erion Veliaj held a meeting with the organizers of the Triathlon, where well-known Albanian and foreign athletes will participate.
“Tiranathlon is a certified edition for all three categories, it will be a professional competition and we need to make the city available for a few hours to those who participate. The swimming race will take place in Farka Park, as well as the ten kilometers of running will take place without leaving the park, while the 40 km cycling race will take place in a part of the city, so we need some help from the Police. State, Traffic Police, Municipal Police and our logistics groups. The competitors will leave Farka, in the direction of Shkoza, the whole route of Lana will be used, up to the Palace with Arrows and then return to the park again. So, we will not have a massive restriction of the city, but only in this part and with short time intervals, as the group of cyclists approaches the intersections in certain areas “, explained Veliaj.
Veliaj added that 15 delegations, both from Greece or the US, but also athletes from Ukraine will come to Tirana for the triathlon.
“We expect 500 athletes to take part in the competition. I am glad that today we are in a situation where holding such activities shows proper investments made in Tirana. The European Weightlifting Championship would not have been organized in Tirana, if we had not built the Olympic Park. The Conference League final match would not have taken place if the stadium had not been built. We would not have fan areas, if Skanderbeg Square, Pedestrian Square had not been made or if the Lake Park had not been cleaned. We could not have done the Triathlon on Sunday if we had not done Lake Farka. So, we would not have all these tourists if we had not reformed the airports and ports. We would not have all this number of beds for tourists who spend nights in Tirana, if we did not have infrastructure in hotels. Whoever is still against progress must understand that all these good things come from progress”, said Veliaj./k.s//a.a/p.s./
