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Olaf Kasten won the 2023 Grand-Case Triathlon
Martinique's Olaf Kasten won the second Grand-Case Triathlon on Sunday 17 September 2023 in 2:12:22, as entries nearly doubled to 110, Le Pélican reported.
By SXM Daily ·
Reported 19 September 2023.
Olaf Kasten of the Martinique club Kawann Triathlon won the Grand-Case Triathlon on Sunday 17 September 2023 in 2 hours 12 minutes 22 seconds, Le Pélican reported.
Illustrative: Grand Case Bay, Saint-Martin.
Photo: David Broad / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
It was the race's second edition, organised by the SXM Tri Académie club, and 110 athletes took part across several formats, according to Le Pélican. The longest, the "M" format, combined a 1,500-metre swim, a 40 km bike ride and a 10 km run.
Nearly double the field
Club president and organiser Erwan Gentil said the field was almost twice as big as the year before, and that the club hoped to grow the event further, the outlet reported. Athletes came from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Antigua and St. Barths. Competitors from Saba could not make the trip because heavy swells stopped their boat.
Gentil described Kasten, a half and full Ironman specialist and the previous year's world champion in his category, as one of the favourites, according to Le Pélican.