{"id":272954,"date":"2025-10-30T01:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=272954"},"modified":"2025-10-30T01:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:51:34","slug":"monduro-5-0-worlds-highest-enduro-race-flagged-off-in-tawang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/monduro-5-0-worlds-highest-enduro-race-flagged-off-in-tawang\/","title":{"rendered":"Monduro\u00a0 5.0: World&#8217;s highest Enduro race flagged off in Tawang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, 29 Oct:<\/strong> The 5th edition of Monduro &#8211; the world&#8217;s highest Enduro race &#8211; was formally flagged-off on Wednesday at the Amphitheatre here in Tawang district. This year&#8217;s edition carries the inspiring theme &#8220;Monduro Goes Green,&#8221; which emphasize the environmental responsibility and sustainability in adventure sports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 25 riders from across India and overseas, including Japan, Iran, Bhutan, and Nepal, will compete in this high-altitude endurance challenge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main race will begin from Lama Zhabzhey below PTso on 2 November and conclude at the meadow behind Khinmey Monastery on the 1st day of the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 3 November, the riders will tackle the most challenging stage, starting at an altitude of 4,400 meters at Kimilengtsey, passing through Gromling, Dobleytsey and Jangon Nunnery, ending at Drekhang near Tawang Monastery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the inaugural event commenced with the unveiling of the official Monduro 5.0 race jersey by Tawang MLA Namgey Tsering. This was followed by the flag-off ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event also featured cultural performance by the Ketchenga cultural troupe and a joy ride by participants through the scenic route from Old Market &#8211;\u00a0 New Market &#8211; Tawang Monastery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A host of dignitaries including deputy commissioner Namgyal Angmo, SP\u00a0 Dorjee Wangdi Thongon, ADC Rinchin Leta, Deputy Commander of 190 Mountain Brigade M. Upadhyay were present on the occasion. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, 29 Oct: The 5th edition of Monduro &#8211; the world&#8217;s highest Enduro race &#8211; was formally flagged-off on Wednesday at the Amphitheatre here in Tawang district. This year&#8217;s edition carries the inspiring theme &#8220;Monduro Goes Green,&#8221; which emphasize the environmental responsibility and sustainability in adventure sports. A total of 25 riders from across India [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-272954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}