David Castro eighth in the Calgliari World Cup

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Today the Triathlon World Cup was held in the Italian town of Cagliari, this time on sprint distance, where Spain had the representation of 8 triathletes.

In the women Camila Alonso, Carmen Gomez, Inés Santiago y Anna Godoy they were our strengths while in category they were David Castro, Antonio Serrat, Uxío Abuín and Genis Grau.

The women's event that started at 10: 30 in the morning, the winner was Jolanda Annen with a time of 1: 02: 04 followed by the North American Kristen Kasper (1: 02: 28) and by the Canadian Joanna Brown (1: 02: 29) occupying the third final position. As for the Spanish Inés Santiago It has been 19º, Anna Godoy 20ª and Carmen Gómez 36 ª. Camila Alonso She suffered a fall on the bike that forced her to withdraw from the race.

Women's Classification

1. Jolanda Annen 01:02:04
2. Kirsten Kasper 01:02:28
3. Joanna Brown 01:02:29
4. Taylor Knibb 01:02:32
5. Yuka Sato 01:02:39
6. Verena Steinhauser 01:02:47
7. Yuko Takahashi 01:02:49
8. Fuka Sega 01:02:53
9. Alice Betto 01:03:04
10. Chelsea Burns 01:03:05

As for the men's event, victory has been for the Swiss Adrien Briffod in a time of 54: 49 followed by the South African Henri Schoeman (54: 52) and by French Anthonty Pujades (54: 58) third position. The Spanish David Castro (55: 37), has finished in a great eighth final position. As for the rest of Spanish Antonio Serrat it was 15º, Uxio Abuin 40º and Genis Grau 46o.

Men's Classification

1. Adrien Briffod 00:54:49
2. Henri Schoeman 00:54:52
3. Anthony Pujades 00:54:58
4. Justus Nieschlag 00:55:13
5. Matthew Mcelroy 00:55:15
6. Simon Viain 00:55:20
7. Eli Hemming 00:55:20
8. David Castro Fajardo 00:55:37
9. Bence Bicsák 00:55:37
10. Lukas Pertl 00:55:42

 Photo: ITU