Historical Spanish participation in the Ironman South Africa with an eye on Kona

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The South African Ironman will be competing in the next 15 in April, it will be the first continental championship of the year and the first KPR 4000 of the season, a test of maximum score for the World Cup in Hawaii.

 Eneko Llanos, Peru Alfaro, Gurutze Frades, Saleta Castro, Judith Corachan y Patricia Good they dispute their first Ironman of the season in South Africa, in Nelson Mandela Bay - Porth Elizabeth, where Eneko, Guru and Saleta will try to add the maximum possible points in their way towards Kona.

Eneko Llanos

Find your 12 + 1 participation in "the Mecca" of the world triathlon as you told us in your "Road to Kona". He currently has 340 points from the last World Cup in Hawaii. Eneko has already played the IM South Africa On two occasions, last year it was 14º and in 2015 it achieved a brilliant 5ª position.

Eneko He has achieved podiums in Ironman events on all continents except Africa, as he has also won all KPR 4.000 except South Africa Will this year get rid of that thorn? As always the list of PROs is important ... but Eneko is trained to always fight with the best.

Peru Alfaro

He knows what it is to step on a podium in an Ironman, he did it in Wales where he was 3º in 2014 and last year he got a magnificent fourth place in the Club la Santa Ironman Lanzarote. South Africa will be a good option for competing against some of the best triathletes in the world.

As regards the female competition, the Spanish will make history twice. For the first time there will be four Spaniards is an Ironman of the highest category, and also Spain will be the most represented country along with Germany and Great Britain, where the three will have four triathletes on the start list.

Saleta Castro

Is the best Spanish in the KPR 2018 ranking, has 1.140 points earned in the Ironman Malaysia and Ironman 70.3 in Cascais and seeks to add the maximum points possible for Kona.

South Africa will be her 16º Ironman, a test she already knows, where she touched the top10 (it was 11ª) in 2014 and she also knows what it is to shine in a KPR 4.000 since in 2016 she achieved the 6ª position in Frankfurt, a very special test for her.

Gurutze Frades

Account with 740 points, achieved in Kona last year and in the 70.3 of Augusta. The Basque was 5ª last year in South Africa and has 3 top 6 in their last XPRUM KPR disputed, so it will also try to add the highest points in the Nelson Mandela Bay appointment and go one step further in being in Hawaii for the third consecutive season.

Judith Corachán

It will have as main objective to finish the test. Last year the IM of Barcelona ran, reaching the T2 with a time of 5: 48: 44, the best ever achieved by a Spaniard in the second transition and an Ironman ... but had to leave due to stomach problems at the start of the race walking. In the face of South Africa he runs without pressure of time or position, since his intention is to finish the race.

Patricia Good

He seeks to continue adding experience as a PRO in the Ironman circuit and compete with the best. His main objective in South Africa is to make a solid foot race, the segment that is working the most in recent months and if there are circumstances try to lose 10h, which was very close last year in Vitoria, where this year will repeat participation .

Photo Eneko: Facebook Eneko Llanos / Photo Patricia: Instagram / Photo Saleta: @imanol_mujika o / Photo Peru: @imanol_mujika / Photo Guru: Maru Gonzalez Espejo / Judith Photo: http://judithcorachan.com/