Sports enthusiasts took part in a three-hour triathlon competition in three main disciplines swimming, cycling and speed walking.

Participants from Germany, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Austria, Albania and Greece in particular took part in 750-meter swimming race, 20-km cycling and 5-km speed walking race.

Wining prizes were awarded to the athletes who led these competitions. The winner of Tiranathlone for women was declared Stefani Polihroniadis from Greece, followed by Deborah Keci and Rita Zeqiri from Albania.

As for the men’s category, the winners are Panagiotis Bitados, Strahinja Trakic and Panagiotis Polyzos.

During the awards ceremony, Mayor Veliaj thanked his Greek counterpart, Costas Bakoyannis, for the cooperation, and stressed the importance of sports and cultural activities in strengthening cooperation between our two countries.

On his part, Mayor of Athens Costas Bakoyannis challenged his Tirana counterpart to race against each other in the next marathon.

“I will give a promise that, if Mayor of Tirana takes part in the next triathlon, the Mayor of Athens will compete too,” Kostas Bakoyannis said.

Tirana Mayor also announced that he and his Athens counterpart were working together on a cultural centre for Albanian citizens in Athens, after the Hellenic Park was inaugurated in Tirana two days ago.

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