AKP Phnom Penh, January 06, 2025 --

As of Jan. 5, 2025, some 1,368 athletes from 41 countries have signed up for the 8th Angkor Ultra Trail 2025, which will take place in Siem Reap province from Jan. 18 to 19.

According to H.E. Thong Khon, Senior Minister and President of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), the event will significantly contribute to bosting the informal economic development, promoting and enhancing the Angkor world heritage site to attract more tourists, as well as to promoting Cambodia's national sports and humanitarian sectors.

There will be 5 disciplines in the tournament including 100km, 64km, 42km, 32km, 18km, and 8km-running, said the NOCC president, adding that 25 percent of the athletes who will join the 100km running event are Cambodians.

The event is expected to attract about 1,700 national and international runners, he underlined.

Angkor Ultra Trail  was first held in 2016 with only 232 runners, and more and more runners joined the event from year to year, reaching 1,200 (40 percent of whom are women) from 44 countries in 2023, and 1,076 from 43 countries in 2024.

According to Mr. Edouard George, Director of Phoenix Voyages which co-organise the annual event, the race aims to mobilise funds to support the clean water projects in Siem Reap province.

By Lim Nary