David Castro and Sara Bonilla, Champions of Spain of Acuatlón in Banyoles

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The Spanish Acuatlón Elite Championship, which put an end to a historic weekend for the Spanish triathlon with more than 2.700 athletes competing in Banyoles between Saturday and Sunday.

The second day of competitions organized by the Spanish Triathlon Federation in Banyoles hosted the Aquathlon Spanish Championship in all its categories, including paratriathlon, and European Triathlon Championships by clubs, in the mixed relay format and in both elite and junior categories. The reigning event was the Spanish Acuatlón Elite Championship, which put an end to a historic weekend for the Spanish triathlon with more than 2.700 athletes competing in Banyoles between Saturday and Sunday.

David Castro (Team of Triathlon Rodense) managed to remove the thorn of the accident suffered the previous day and won with solvency on the distance of 1 kilometer swimming and 5 finals of running race. Behind him, and achieving the silver medal, entered the Galician triathlete Antonio Serrat (AD Tri Pentas Terras of Lugo), closing the podium the triathlete of the Cidade de Lugo Fluvial Kevin Tarek Viñuela.

In the women's category the victory in the competition was for the Venezuelan Joselyn Brea (AD Tri Pentas Terras of Lugo), so the title of Champion of Spain was for Sara Bonilla (Triathlon Claveria). Behind the Galician were classified Carmen Gómez (Ferrol Triathlon) and Xisca Tous (Imps of Rivas), silver and bronze respectively.

European Triathlon Championships by Clubs

The first test of the day was the European Triathlon Championships by Clubs, both elite and junior. The level of the participating clubs was very high, with French Poissy and Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portuguese made up of triathletes of the first international level. In fact the victory was between the two foreign clubs and the Cidade de Lugo Fluvial. Finally the Portuguese were gold, the French silver and the Galician club climbed to the third box of the podium. Although his teammates in the junior category took the victory in the European Clubs, so the Galicians made a double of podiums on Sunday morning.