Camila Alonso proclaims champion Spain junior duathlon

Ferrolana Camila Alonso got up this morning with the title of Spain junior duathlon champion. The representative of the Ferrol Triathlon clearly won the Eagles competition in which Leticia Baña premiered her 2012 season with an 17º position. Previously, the cadets Inés Santiago and Pablo Pedrosa were ninth and 59º respectively.

In the junior category, Camila Alonso led the race from the first segment, reaching the top bike along with Laura Gomez and Judith Saizar. The Ferrol native conserved her energy to dominate in the final kilometers of the race and exited the second transition in first place. The 18-year-old triathlete increased her lead over her pursuers, crossing the finish line almost 20 seconds ahead of Laura Gómez. Thus, Camila Alonso secured the gold medal in her second year as a junior, after winning the silver medal last year as a debutante. Meanwhile, Leticia Baña achieved 17th place despite this being her first competition of the year. Despite not having trained for running this preseason due to intercostal discomfort, the triathlete from Carballo was able to improve her result by making up ground in the cycling segment.

As for the cadets, Inés Santiago became the seventh best Spanish with a ninth place in the general classification in which foreign triathletes are included. The member of the Ferrol Triathlon marked the best time by bicycle. In the men's category, Pablo Pedrosa finished in the 59º position after holding the rhythm in cycling but feeling problems in the twins in the final race.

The Spanish Duathlon Championship was played under a distance of 5 km of running, 20 km of cycling and 2,5 km of running, in the case of juniors, and 3 km, 10 km and 1,5 km in cadet category.

On Sunday it will be the turn of the U-23s Miriam Casillas, Tamara Gómez and Melina Alonso, as well as Eva Teijeiro in Age Groups.