Bangladeshi ironman attends Ironman Malaysia competition

Online Desk

Mishu Biswas, additional deputy police commissioner of the Detective Branch, DMP participated in Ironman Malaysia on Saturday (November 5).

An Ironman triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) consisting of a 3.9 km swim, a 180.2 km bicycle ride and a 42.2 km marathon run completed in that order, a total of 226.3 km.

A participant would get 17 hours to finish the whole distance. It is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world, said a media release on Sunday.

Mishu finished the total 226.3 km in 13 hours and 19 minutes. He took 1 hour 40 minutes to swim 3.9 km, 7 hours 11 minutes to ride 180.2 km and 4 hours 7 minutes to finish the 42.2 km marathon.

He placed 11th in his age category and 151st overall. He is the first-ever civil servant who made it possible.

Navana Group and Popular Life Insurance Limited are sponsors of his journey.

Earlier, Mishu Biswas had participated in Ironman Turkey 70.3 in 2021 and he crossed Bangla Channel as the first-ever civil servant in 2020.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul