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JAKARTA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia' s Bintan Island in Riau Isles province is scheduled to host 2016 Reebok Spartan Race competition from Nov. 19 to 20 with more than 4,000 participants from various nations and regions have already registered to take part in the event.
"We are proud that the organizer would contest the hardest level of Spartan Beast in the upcoming event. Participants have to run 20.8 kilometers through 37 kinds of hurdles," head of Bintan Tourism Office Luki Zaiman Prawira said in a statement released on Wednesday.
He said that it would be the first time for Indonesia to host the tourism sport event that highlights physical endurance and adventure, divided into three toughness levels of sprint, super and beast.
Luki added that Bintan Island provides terrain and geographical features needed for the sport event that required sandy beaches, hills and forests and rivers.
He expected that the tourism sport competition can be conducted in the island annually. Bintan Island is located near neighboring country of Singapore.
Spartan Race was initiated in the United States, so far had been conducted in 25 countries across the world.
