Fabio’s 10 day Brazil triathlon cut short due to blisters and torn muscle

Jun 1 2023

Fabio Spiteri, a Maltese ultra triathlete, had to end his 10 day triathlon in Brazil early after seven days due to suffering a torn muscle as well as painful blisters on his feet.

‘After a solid 7 days of racing ( 2nd overall standings ) and sky high determination, I will not be continuing my dream of completing the DECA, not this time round at least’, he wrote.

He described trying to continue as running on broken glass and that adjustments to accommodate the pain only caused more damage.

Feeling the ‘tear during the last 20k of the run, where I had to walk the remaining 22k in what was a very painful and long last few hours.’

He still however managed to overpass his last ultra challenge by an extra 2 ‘ironman’ races.

The Deca Ironman challenge, completed by only around 100 athletes around the world, is one of the globe’s toughest physical feats to undertake.

In his seven days, Fabio had managed to complete a 3.8K swim, 180km bike and 42km run every day.

His main target for completing the challenge was to raise 100k towards animal shelters in Malta and Gozo. ‘As unfortunate as this is, it is nothing more than a bump in the road which I will use as fuel to continue to challenge myself in the near future and continue to raise even more funds for abandoned animals.’

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Malta wins 3 more gold and breaks national GSSE record

Jun 1 2023

As we continue to see athletes make Malta proud with their performances and determination, the country has just secured the 12th Gold Medal, breaking a national record in the process.

Malta had won 11 gold medals back in 2003, but Team Malta managed to one-up that score after their best ever results in three categories.

First up was Eleonor Bezzina, who won Gold in Target Shooting Women 10m Pistol. She was followed by two tennis medals, one for the men and one for the women, with the former sealing the 12 gold record.

As per other medals, Georgia Kate Bohl secured silver in the Swimming Women 200m Breastroke, with the Malta Teams securing silver in the Swimming Women 4x200m Relay.

Dylan Cachia won Bronze in the Swimming Men 400m Freestyle and Sasha Gatt won Bronze in the same category for women.

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Man falls after attempting to jump from window onto balcony

May 31 2023

Today, at around 0745hrs, police were informed that their assistance was needed in Triq il-Markiża Buġeja, St Paul’s Bay.

Police convened immediately on site and, through preliminary investigations, found that a 57-year-old man had fallen down the height of around one storey.

The man had fallen after having attempted to jump from a window in the common area onto the balcony of his property after having been locked out.

The man was later transported to Mater Dei Hospital, where he was certified to have suffered grievous injuries.

Police are investigating.

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Jake Azzopardi becomes Chief Executive for Affordable Accommodation Foundation

May 31 2023

Jake Azzopardi has been made the Chief Executive of the Affordable Accommodation Foundation, the first foundation through which the government and the church will work together to create more opportunities in the accommodation sector.

Azzopardi, who was chosen after a rigorous process through a public call, said that affordability in the sector requires planning in the long term. This planning, Azzopardi said, will be done via the foundation.

‘We are a new actor in the market which will, through innovation, provide new solutions which will reach everyone’s financial status’ he said.

Jake is a lawyer who has, for the past six years, contributed directly in local politics related to accommodation, with particular emphasis on regulation of affordability measures and rent.

Lately, he carried out work in relation to protection of children’s rights in Malta whilst being a principal actor in the introduction of the National Living Income in Malta. He also served as a European Parliament political consultant between 2019 and 2021.

Minister for Social and Affordable Accommodation Roderick Galdes wished all the best for Jake, eager to begin his work with Azzopardi.

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