Last Sunday was a special day for one particular Gozitan athlete – Michael Bongailas – who succeeded in completing the 2016 IRONMAN Maasthrict- Limburg, where over 2000 athletes from all over the world participated.

He is the first Gozitan ever to compete in an Ironman 140.6 which simply means:- 3.8Km swim, 180Km bike and 42.2Km run…. Many congratulations to Michael on his achievement.

The Official Result:

Michael Bongailas – Overall Rank: 215 Div Rank: 46

General Information

BIB 736

Division AK M30-34

State: Gozo Fnt

Country: MLT

Race Summary:

Swim: 1:08:08

Bike 5:46:07

Run 3:31:28

Overall 10:33:22.

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