{"id":83101,"date":"2025-05-07T23:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83101\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T23:29:09","slug":"f1-news-nikita-mazepin-is-back-and-he-has-a-new-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83101\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 News: Nikita Mazepin is back and he has a new sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former F1 star Nikita Mazepin<\/a> has a new sport – he is now officially a triathlete. <\/b><\/p>\n

\nThe 26-year-old Russian spent a season in F1 with Haas<\/a> (failing to score a single point), before his dreams of making it big in that sport were ended in 2022. His team parted ways with him soon after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. <\/p>\n

\nSince then Mazepin has tried a number of pursuits as well as still keeping his hand in motorsport – he raced the 24 Hours of Dubai in early 2025. But his favourite new thing it appears is swim\/bike\/run. <\/p>\n

Mazepin the triathlete<\/p>\n

\nNikita’s first big triathlon of 2025 was the new race that is Challenge Sir Bani Yas, which takes place on an island in the United Arab Emirates. <\/p>\n

\nMazepin took part in the big race as an Age Grouper in the 24-29 category, over a 1.9km swim, 96km bike and 21.1km run in the middle of a landscape which is home to cheetahs, hiyenas and giraffes. A brutal test. <\/p>\n

\nNikita began his day with a 35:38 swim, and followed it up with a 2:30:47 bike leg. He the finished his day with the small measure of that half-marathon run, completing it in a time of 1:46:30. <\/p>\n

\nMazepin’s total finishing time was 5:39:53, good enough to place him 4th in his Age Group – not too shabby for a first effort. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNikita Mazepin in triathlon action (Photo – Challenge Sir Bani Yas).’Coolest emotions since F1′<\/p>\n

\nAfter the race he appeared ecstatic as he posed for photos with his finisher’s medal, and he spoke of that excitement in a post on his Instagram account. <\/p>\n

\nMazepin said the race gave him the ‘coolest emotions since F1’ – pretty high praise – and said of his day: “Completed my first half-distance race in Sir Bani. The heat here was the main challenge for everyone, reaching 46 degrees at the peak of the race. A couple of times because of overheating it seemed like I would not make it to the finish line.” <\/p>\n

\nBut make it to the finish line he did, and now we wait to see where he races next as the 2025 triathlon season rumbles on. <\/p>\n

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