Sports tourism: overseas events you can participate in

The year is just beginning, which means that now is the perfect time to make plans to travel abroad. Fortunately, in 2020 you have a great chance to combine the pleasant with the useful and not just go on vacation to the country of your dreams, but also to fully test your strength there. In our traditional selection of sporting events, we tell you which large-scale events you can take part in if you are going to go abroad. Whether to run a marathon-major or to travel around Europe without money but with a baggage of unforgettable emotions is up to you.

Red Bull Can You Make It?

When? April 21-28
Where: Europe

Are you a student and have long wanted to travel to Europe in such a way that the trip will bring minimum costs? Easy! You can become a participant of a seven-day trip through western countries without money and cell phone. You can only carry Red Bull cans as currency. Such an extreme race will cheer you up better than any race!

In different cities you will be waiting for special checkpoints with tasks, for which the team gets points. During the journey you will post content on social networks with a special gadget to feel like a real travel blogger. Get a team together and set yourself a challenging challenge. The success and comfort of the trip depends only on your charisma.

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And at the X-WATERS swim in Vienna, participants will have to conquer the Danube. As a nice bonus, you can spend a weekend in the Austrian capital. By the way, both swimming pros and amateur beginners can register for the event without fear. Because there is practically no current in these river waters.

To participate you will need a paid registration, which will open soon, and a medical certificate.
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IRONMAN 70.3

When. June 28.
Where? Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
Distance: 112.6 km

If you are planning a trip to America and are not afraid of long distances, then the prestigious triathlon start on a beautiful course is waiting for you in Idaho. This challenge is not for the faint-hearted, as participants will swim 1.6 kilometers, bike 90 kilometers and run 20 kilometers.

The picturesque scenery of Coeur d’Alene will probably make you come back and start again next year. After all, the triathletes’ route takes them through a literally untouched area of the state: through flowering forest and glacier.

Paid registration and a medical certificate will be required to participate.
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