Last Sunday, former Prime Minister of Finland alexander stubbe The 55-year-old became president after a seven-year absence from politics, and made a triumphant return to politics and was re-elected.
Mr Stubb, an avid triathlete, previously reportedly set out to transform the Foreign Office into a healthier environment by replacing pastries and coffee with fruit and healthy drinks.
As well as competing in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Lahti, Finland last year, the former banker and academic also holds the European age-group title.
long distance champion
Last month, it was revealed that Denmark’s new king is also an avid long-course triathlon fan, indicating a growing trend among people in positions of power to seek out triathlon talent.
Stubb, who finished on the podium at the 2022 Finnish National Championships in the sprint distance, Olympic distance and middle distance in the 50-54 age groups, won his biggest title in Almere later that summer.
Finishing in an incredible time of 9:56:02, the multilingual won his age category and took the title of the 50-54 European Triathlon Challenge Long Distance Championship.
Legend of Lahti
Shortly after announcing his return to politics last summer, Stubb competed in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Lahti, finishing 15th in the 55-59 age group with a time of 4:40:18.
Achieving a pretty impressive bike split of 2 hours 20 minutes 15 seconds, the President also managed to run off the bike in 1 hour 37 minutes 13 seconds, a feat considering the difficult run course with its rolling hills. Ta.
We don’t know if Stubb will be on the start line this season, as he has a lot of work to do now that he’s president, but if he does, what will the reigning world leader do against Swim Bike? It will be great to see what it can do. Run!