Sharjah 24: As part of its plan for community sporting events, the Sharjah Sports Council is organising the "Sharjah Triathlon", which includes running, swimming and cycling, on Saturday, April 29 at Al Mamzar Corniche.

The event, which is organised in cooperation with UAE Triathlon Association and a number of sponsoring and supporting agencies and institutions, targets 400 participants from both sexes in different age groups from five years to 50 years and above. Registration can be made via (www.eevents.ae/shjtri).

Yasser Omar Al Doukhi, Director of the Sports and Community Events Department at the Sharjah Sports Council said that this race aims to continuously activate the role of community sports with the aim of spreading sports culture and making sport the ideal method and lifestyle for community members, and attracting young people to practice various individual sports to prepare a generation of athletes, in addition to highlighting the sports image and tourist attractions of the Emirate, and the promotion of various sports destinations.