The third annual edition of the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon took place in the United Arab Emirates on the 3rd of March 2012.

Once again in this year this world famous course was taking in the very best of Abu Dhabi. The swim was moved to the public beach in the centre. The bike course left the Cornish and wove through the unmistakable scenery of the city, featuring tree-lined roads, landscaped parks and gardens and the sparkling waters of the Arabian Gulf, which sorround Abu Dhabi, all under the safety of completely closed roads. To the east of the city the bike route passed over Saadiyat Island and the brand new sports and leisure island is known as Yas Island. Here athletes in the short and long course cycled round the Yas Marina Circuit which hosts the penultimate race of the F1 season. After running athletes finished on the public beach.

More than 1500 competitors took part on this prestigious event.

Rasmus Henning and Nikki Butterfield were crowned champions of the race. Both triathletes picked up 50,000 USD first place check with the victories in the desert.

Henning finished the day in 6:21:44 just 27 seconds ahead of a new course record, while Butterfield's time was 7:00:22 which was enough for a new course record.

The official electronic timer of the event was the EvoChip Hungary Ltd. together with the Premier Timing team from the U.A.E.

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The event was timed with MyLaps ChampionChip technology.