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Rota Blue Triathlon in Rota
The Rota Blue Triathlon is an annual multisport race held each November on the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, now past its nineteenth edition. Co-created by Kiyokazu Onishi and jointly organised by the Marianas Visitors Authority, the Rota Mayor's Office and Kiyokazu Fitness Club of Japan, it offers both a half-marathon-distance and an Olympic-distance course through Rota's scenic coastal terrain.
Each November, the island of Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands hosts the Rota Blue Triathlon, an annual multisport race now well into its second decade that has become one of the CNMI's most recognised sporting events, particularly within Japan's triathlon community.