The Mekong River Triathlon in Nong Khai was definitely (one of) the most adventurous triathlon in Asia. In the early 2000s athletes would get dropped upstream by a small car ferry in this massive murky river. One of the concerns for the swim safety team was athletes missing the landing point and being swept further downstream. The river current made for fast swim times and many a PB as the bike and run course were pan flat.
From 2007 to 2011 the Mekong River even hosted an ITU Asian Cup race with a few notable winners. In 2011 it was Radka Vodickova (now Khalefeldt) who won and in 2008 it was MetaSport’s ex-membership manager, Rosie Clarke!
2011 seems to have been the last edition of the event in Nong Khai.
In recent years, it is the Thailand Tri-League around Bangkok that has built the triathlon community in Thailand.
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