Iván Raña begins his assault on kona 2017 at the Ironman 70.3 in Peru
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The Galician triathlete Iván Raña begins his 2017 season at the Ironman 70.3 in Peru where he is one of the main favorites to victory.
This next Sunday, April 23, the first edition of the Ironman 70.3 from Peru, in Lima, the capital of the Andean country. The organization has done a great job and all registrations were sold out with almost 2.000 competitors. It should be noted that Lima is one of the few world capitals where an Ironman circuit test is held, it is not common to see a test of this type in a city of more than 7.000.000 inhabitants, so the merit of the Organization of conducting this race is huge.
In the male category, as we have said previously, the participation of Ivan Raña, who will seek in Lima to score points for the World Cup in Hawaii where he is practically classified. Along with the Galician the rest of the favorites are the Americans Andy Potts, Justin Daerr y Patric evoe, in addition to the Chilean Philip Barraza.
As regards the female competition the British Leanda Cave She is the main favorite with the Americans Sarah Piampiano, Linse Corby y Heather Jackson.
At 6:30 local time the competition will begin, on the beach of Agua Dulce the triathletes will swim the 1900m, then the cycling runs parallel to the coastline, they will do 3 laps of 30km to finish with the 21km of foot race in a circuit also flat. A very fast race is anticipated.
Finally, it is necessary to emphasize the great growth of the Latin triathlon, not only due to the number of participants of age groups, but also of the PROs, in Lima we will be able to see professional triathletes from Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile and Colombia
Photo @kabelleira / Istagram Ivan Raña
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