33 Spanish triathletes will participate in the European Cup of Gran Canaria

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A total of 33 Spanish triathletes, 19 women and 14 men, will participate in the Triathlon European Cup of Gran Canaria next Sunday 18

The competition on the island, first European international triathlon event of the year, opens a cycle in which the presence of athletes representing the Spanish Triathlon Federation will be numerous both in the Canary Islands and in Quarteira, Portugal, as in Melilla on April 15.

Competition Male elite will start at 14: 45 h. Uxío Abuín, third last year in the test, arrives in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria after playing the first of the World Series tests in Abu Dhabi. With him they will be Antonio Serrat, fifth in the last European Sub-23; Roberto Sánchez Mantecón, who has just finished and started the season with seventh place in the World Cup; Francesc Godoy, champion of Spain at 2017 in Valencia; the Junior European runner-up, Javier Lluch; and names as well known in the Spanish triathlon as David Castro, Antonio Benito, Jordi García, Genís Grau, Camilo Puertas, Andrés Cendán, Miguel Ángel Fidalgo, and the canary Ricardo Hernández Marrero.

Among the latests Moravia's compositions females, with exit to the 13: 15 h, Anna Godoy, usual of the World Series with Spain in 2017; Sara Pérez Sala, champion of Spain 2017; Carmen Gómez, third in Gran Canaria last year; or Cecilia Santamaría e Inés Santiago, who have already climbed to the podium at 2017 in the European Cup, will be tricks with other leading Spanish triathletes as Camila Alonso, María Rico, Iria Rodríguez, Noelia Juan, Inés Castaño, Carla Castaño, Claudia Pérez, Marta Sanchez, Ana Mariblanca, Ibone Sánchez, Sara Guerrero, Ana Carvajal, Meritxell Velasco or the canary Delioma González.

The presence of the main Spanish triathletes in theto the Triathlon European Cup Gran Canaria, that together with the popular competitions of all categories will allow hundreds of triathletes to participate in the same scenario as the most outstanding athletes of the continent, it is celebrated thanks to the collaboration of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria through the Tourist Board and the Insular Institute sports; the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Municipal Sports Institute; and the Government of the Canary Islands with Promotur, Turismo de Canarias, with the Spanish Triathlon Federation and the International European Union.

Source and photo: FETRI