Uxue Txasko and Hektor llanos are finishers in the Vitoria-Gasteiz Triathlon with the challenge "116 kilometers by Uxue"

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It was a very special team, because Uxue, with cerebral palsy, was towed by Hektor, in a canoe in the water sector and in a chair towed to the bicycle and pushed later in the race on foot.

 El Uxue Challenge It has been a gift for everyone. The last months full of trainings were aimed to finish the Triathlon of Vitoria Gasteiz, and yesterday they have completed it successfully. The sporting challenge of Uxue Txasko and Hektor Llanos, baptized as "116 kilometers through Uxue" was born with the aim of successfully completing the HALF distance of the Vitoria Gasteiz Triathlon, consisting of 1.900 meters of swimming, 93 kilometers of bicycle and 21 kilometers of running.

Héctor LLanos in swimming with Uxue

For this, the ex-professional triathlete Hector Llanos and young Vitoria Uxue Txasko have composed a very special team, and that is that Uxue, with cerebral palsy has been towed by Hektor, in a canoe in the water sector and in a chair towed to the bicycle and then pushed in the race on foot.

The expectation that the challenge of this brave couple has raised has been notorious among the public that has packed the Plaza España of Vitoria-Gasteiz, which has fiercely animated its steps through the different points of the city.

Héctor LLanos in goal with Uxue

The Uxue Challenge has become today a gift for the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, being even more special having successfully completed it.

Satisfaction was evident in Hektor Llanos and in Uxue and his family. In the words of Álvaro Txasko, the aita de Uxue, the experience has been a joy, "we have spent tense moments but the final result is worth it. The couple's goal time, something anecdotal today, has been from 6: 08: 36

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