Latest options of the Spanish PROs to be in Kona 2017

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There are three more Spaniards with mathematical options to be in Kona: Eneko Llanos, Miquel Blanchart and Carlos López.

A few days ago, the first cut of classifieds for Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, where the presence of Ivan Raña y Gurutze Frades. However there are three more Spaniards with mathematical options to be in Kona: Eneko Llanos, Miquel Blanchart y Carlos López.

The last Monday 31 of July was announced the first list of classifieds for Kona: The champions of previous years who have finished an Ironman this season, the continental champions and the 40 first men and 27 first women of the world ranking (Ranking KPR). Gurutze Frades e Ivan Raña They were the first and only Spaniards classified so far.

The cut was closed at position 49, occupied by Jesse Thomas (Winner of Lanzarote 2016 Ironman) with 3420 points. If we add 10 more positions, right now the limit would be the New Zealander Mark Bowstead with 2640 points (60 position)

What are the options of Eneko Llanos, Miquel Blanchart and Carlos López?

The first thing we must keep in mind is that there are still five competitions to award points for the men's classification, the Ironmans of Hamburg, Sweden and Mont Tremblat and the Ironman 70.3 of Dublin and Indonesia.

The first Spanish is Eneko Llanos, in the 55 position with 2.910 points, right now it would be classified, but as we have mentioned before, there are still several races to dispute, so your position could vary and although you already announced that this October you would live in another way you can always try to participate in some other test to add some points and try to be in Kona again.

In second Spanish it is Miquel Blanchart in the 57 position with 2.770. Miquel promoted several positions thanks to his result in the IM of Maastrich last Sunday where he was 5º.

At the moment Eneko and Miquel would be inside ... but several tests are still missing, hopefully the results will help them to continue there the next August 21 that will be the final cut.

For the last, quote the third Spanish with options to Kona, the Balearic Carlos Lopez, in the 69 position with 2.215 points, that next Sunday competes in the Ironman from Hamburg and a top5 could serve you. He is also enrolled in the 70.3 in Dublin, in case he needs a point.

From Triathlon news we wish you the best Miquel, Eneko and Carlos, I hope they can accompany Ivan y Guru in Kona.

Photos: Ironman / Eneko Llanos → Activ / Miquel Blanchart → sportfotografie.biz / Carlos López → Ona Onari

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