The paratriathlon will be in the World Series of Madrid
The next 01-02 in June the Casa de Campo in Madrid will host the most anticipated Triathlon event in the Community of Madrid: The Triathlon World Series.
Hundreds of Triathletes will meet to participate in different events among which will be the Madrid Olympic Distance Triathlon Championship and various popular tests. The most spectacular events will undoubtedly be the international events, which attract the best triathletes in the world every year.
However, the excitement of this day one more year can clearly be the proof of Paratriathlon, a minority but continuously growing category that for some years has been a clear bet for the International Triathlon Federation (ITU) as well as the Spanish (FETRI) and the Autonomous Communities, where the athletes demonstrate great values and the clear desire for improvement that this sport conveys.
It is in this modality and where, from the Madrid Triathlon Federation, a clear commitment is being made to promote this category by adapting the circuits and giving facilities to the clubs, so that anyone who wants to do triathlon, can do so.
El University Triathlon Club of Madrid is presented today as another clear example of this bet. Jose Maria Montero, President of said Club, made the following statements to the press “We welcome paratriathletes from the beginning as one more so that they can participate in all the club's training sessions, but at the same time we try to make them count as well, and if they so wish, with their own and specific sessions for them in each of the sports.
I think the growth trend is the same in paratriathlon as in triathlon itself. We from the club try to motivate everyone who comes to us is triathlete or paratriathlete. Perhaps it may be noteworthy that the paratriathletes have a specialist paratriathlon trainer, Adriana Charry, who is in charge of planning each of them. We try to cover all the needs and demands they may have trying to make the deal always as one more in the club, because for us it is the most important thing, that the paratriathlete feels integrated as another athlete. "
For Jorge Orejón, the club's outstanding triathlete, the growth is also exponential and proportional to what the triathlon itself is undergoing “I enjoy doing triathlon and I hope that growth continues to be that way and that more and more of us are able to do this sport. I feel that the federations have made a commitment to promote this category, starting with the International Triathlon Federation by having integrated paratriathlon into their categories as one more while they have known how to highlight its importance, from the Spanish Federation, which also has made a firm commitment and that I think they have been the ones who have allowed us in a certain way to be part of this growth by having both Duathlon, Triathlon and Aquathlon championships in Spain, which has fostered interest in practicing this sport in people with disabilities, and of course, and in our case the commitment of the Madrid Triathlon Federation that, from its president Virginia to the Director of Competitions, David, who has been the contact person for everything related to paratriathlon , we have had unconditional support despite the limited resources available at this time. Among other actions, the Madrid Federation has created a scoring system for the Madrid ranking that, to put it in some way, rewards those clubs that have paratriathletes, assigning extra scores to them, this clearly encourages the clubs to promote paratriathlon participation .
By the contact that we maintain all the Paralympic of Spain, I know that in other communities (Valencian Community, Catalonia, Extremadura, etc ...) is also working in the same line as in Madrid, even with more economic resources "
"It is clear that the difficulties to do paratriathlon depend on the degree of disability that the athlete has, in my case and compared to a blind paratriathlete or spinal cord injury I think I have hardly any difficulties, because in my case with a little imagination and creativity I have adapted the bike to be able to drive with one hand, in the race I use stencils and a sling to take the arm stuck to the body and in the swim I have the arm inside the neoprene, this within what fits these difficulties are overcome with some ease , the aids with which I count for it are my own or those of the family, friends or coaches.
In the case of a blind paratriathlete, wheelchair user or amputee (legs) is much more complicated, since they require specific material that is quite more expensive and is not easily accessible (tandem-bike-hands-athletic chair, prosthesis, etc ...) and in the case of the blind man he needs a guide of the same sex and of similar or superior performance and I think that in these cases the support is very scarce and each one faces it as his imagination and recursivity allow.
As my adaptation is easier, my training weeks I think they are the same as for any other triathlete, I always try to take time after work and family, I dedicate everything possible to training, I make the most of the hours of the day I tried To comply with the weekly schedule that my coach, Adriana Charry, does, approximately I train an average of 2 daily hours distributed in each modality (swimming, cycling and running). The week before the competition is always more a week of download and psychological training to face the test in the best way having both the physical and psychological well prepared "
Jorge Orejón, together with all the paratriathletes that we have in Spain, are presented as a clear example of overcoming and daily struggle, of this inclusive sport, a sport for all that every day has a greater number of fans and that contributes many values that go beyond of the pure competition itself.
