COVID-19 Ya Kashe Ironman Kona

The Ironman Kona Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya An gudanar da shi kowace shekara a Hawaii tun 1978. Asali, an gudanar da shi a watan Fabrairu akan Oahu amma ya koma Kailua-Kona a tsibirin Hawaii a 1981.

A karon farko a cikin shekaru 42, dole ne a soke gasar saboda cutar sankara ta COVID-19.

A cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar, masu shirya gasar Kona ta Duniya sun ce: "Bisa ga jadawalin, ci gaba da hana tafiye-tafiye a duk duniya, da sauran abubuwan da suka wuce ikonmu, wasannin gasar cin kofin duniya na Ironman ba za su iya ci gaba kamar yadda aka sake tsarawa ba."

An fara shirya Ironman Kona a ranar 10 ga Oktoba a Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. A ranar 14 ga Mayu, masu shirya gasar sun ba da sanarwar dage shi zuwa 6 ga Fabrairu, 2021, amma yanzu, an soke shi gaba daya.

Ironman ya ƙunshi ninkaya mai nisan mil 2.4, keke mai tsawon mil 112 da gudun fanfalaki na mil 26.2. Mafi yawan waɗanda suka yi nasara suna ɗaukar kusan sa'o'i 8 zuwa 9 don kammala gasar.

Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Ironman 70.3, wacce aka shirya tun farko a New Zealand a karshen watan Nuwamba, kuma an soke ta bayan da aka fara dage ta har abada a watan Mayu.

Za a tuntuɓi 'yan wasan Triathletes waɗanda suka cancanci kowane ɗayan gasar 2020 kuma za su sami damar yin tsere a 2021 ko 2022. A halin yanzu, an saita Ironman na gaba don Oktoba 9, 2021 a Kailua-Kona. An shirya Ironman 70.3 na gaba don Satumba 17-18, 2021, a St. George, Utah.

An gudanar da triathlon na farko na Hawaii Ironman a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 1978 a Honolulu a tsibirin Oahu. 'Yan wasa goma sha biyar ne suka fafata inda 12 suka tsallake matakin karshe. Kowane mai gamawa an ba shi kofi na hannu. Zuwa shekarar 2019, sama da 20,000 ne suka yi rajista don shiga gasar.

Gasar ta ƙunshi mako guda na bukukuwa da abubuwan da suka faru na gefe kafin ainihin abin da ya faru. Wannan yana kawo ayyukan yawon buɗe ido da yawa, yana kawo babban haɓakar tattalin arziki ga Hawaii. ’Yan wasa da danginsu da abokansu suna kwana 6 a matsakaici don bikin, suna da tasirin tattalin arzikin kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 30. Babu wata hanyar da za a bi don gyara wannan babbar asarar yawon shakatawa.

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