First great weekend of the "2016 Triathlon Course"

We summarize the weekly competitions

Last Friday with the dispute of Ironman 70.3 from Dubai, the first great weekend of the "2015 triathlc course" was started with several outstanding tests both nationally and internationally.

International tests

In the Dubai citation victory for the Ironman World Champions 70.3 and Ironman, Jan Frodeno y Daniela Ryf. The Catalan Miquel Blanchart He finished in 8ª position adding valuable points for his goal to return to "Mecca"

On Sunday the Ironman 70.3 of Panama, which was in turn Pro Pan American Championship, was played, the victory in the men's category went to the Canadian Lionel Sanders who lost time in swimming, but thanks to a partial cyclist sub 2h He rallied over 38 positions to get 3º to the T2 and then finish on foot to take the victory with a time of 3h38min. The second place was for the Frenchman Antony Costes and the third for Tim Reed. But the hero of the day was the eternal Argentine Oscar Galíndez of 44 years, who finished 5º with only 40 '' of the third position.

In the women's recital competition Sarah Haskins, she went by bike alone and later dedicated herself to managing the rent on foot to win with a time of 4h8min53s. Second was his compatriot Lisa Roberts who climbed 7 'to the leader on foot but could not reach it and third finished Heather Lendway. Also mention the veteran, Lotty Harari of 44 years that was 13ª in the professionals. Finally, highlight the impressive level shown by Panamanian GGEE, with several girls who have been podium in Kona winning in their GGEE (Carolina Dementiev 25 am - 29 pm Cristina Mata 30-34 y Kareen Human 35-39) and facing professionals.

On the other hand, in Mérida (Mexico) the ITU Ibero-American Championship was played under Olympic distance with a Spanish presence, with Jesús Gomar y Camila Alonso that opened the ITU season of Spanish triathletes. Jesus finished in a meritorious 11ª position, in a very high level race, with several triathletes looking for their qualification for the Olympic Games. For her part, Camila punctured the cycling sector and had to retire. Regarding the final results, there was a local recital, with a triplet in the male category (Irving Perez, David Mendoza and David Nuñez) and double podium in women (Cecilia Perez 1ª and Adriana Barraza 3ª). The Canadian Dominica Jamnichy It was 2ª.

National tests

In national scope, two were the most outstanding competitions, on the one hand the duollon of Granollers that was disputed in the circuit of F1 of Montmeló. In the male category Nan Oliveras He debuted with his new club Fasttriatlo taking the victory. Nan and her partner Albert Parreño they escaped in the initial 5km, they continued to open a gap in the 20 cycling and they also made the final 2,5km together ... where Nan went solo for the first position. Second place for Albert Parreño and third for Iván Lima.

In the female category, level of career, with two sub23 playing the victory, followed by 3 specialists in medium and long distance. The Spanish Duathlon champion Claudia Luna achieved victory after getting rid of Meritxell Velasco (2ª) and Anna Noguera (3ª) in the final 2,5km, after arriving together at the T2. After them 4ª and 5ª were Leonor Font and Dolça Ollé

En Águilas (Murcia) was played one of the oldest and most important duathlons in Spain, which was in turn a qualifier for the Spanish Duathlon Championships. In the men's category "hand to hand" among 2 triathletes that premiere this 2016 category (last year they were juniors and this sub23) Roberto Sánchez e Ignacio González.

Both took a small advantage in the T1 and went by bike, where Roberto attacked to arrive alone at the T2 with more than 30 '' over Ignacio. Finally in the race on foot Roberto was dedicated to control and take the victory. Second was Ignacio González and 3º Cristóbal García. In the women's competition, after the first 5km of the 5 triathlon walking race, they reached the T1, the cycling sector left the group reduced to 4 who played the victory in the final 2,5km, 1ª Sara Bonilla, 2ª Rocio Molas, 3ª Sharon Garcia and 4ª Lucia Pérez.

 To finish the weekend summary, other triathletes shone on different fronts, Jonathan Brownlee 16º finished in the Social Race of Javea, belonging to the circuit of the Volta a la Marina, one of the oldest competitions and with the highest level of master cycling. His brother Alistair he also competed but had to leave In the social race of Palafrugell Iñaki Baldellou He shined with his own light getting into several escapades

 In road races, Mª Jesús Sierra achieved the 2ª position in the Half Marathon of Jerez de la Frontera with a time of 1h25min, and in Seville Ana Ruz made a time of 1h30min ... paid the first 10kms out too strong. In the 10k of Villafranca del Penedés Sara Loehr He released colors from his new club the AE Rockets. After the trip of Argentina he arrived low of form but it could not lack in the race of his town where 4ª was with a time of 38min40s, far from his better mark of 36min35seg.

As for Cross competitions, Marta Sanchez ended 3ª in the Cros de Caldes de Malavella and Gurutze Frades she was proclaimed champion of the Basque Country by teams in the Cros de Lasarte.