Dextro Madrid: Ainhoa ​​Murua: "The penalty was a shame"

Spanish triathlete Ainhoa ​​Murua said she was "happy" after finishing in fourteenth position in the second race of the Triathlon World Championship, held in Madrid, although she admitted that "it was a shame" that she was penalized 30 seconds, as she was among the top ten.

"I was penalized because in the first transition my goggles fell out of my helmet, and in the second I didn't put my helmet back in place. I didn't realize it. It was a shame, I was running ninth or tenth, and then they told me I had two penalties and that I had to stop for thirty seconds. That's a lot of time in this type of race."

In the 30 seconds she was stopped before starting the final lap, the Spanish triathlete was overtaken by four runners. "In that time, four passed me, and in the end, I finished fourteenth. It's a shame," she said.

Even so, Murua expressed satisfaction with her performance in Madrid and said she was leaving happy. "I'm happy because I had a good race; I was up front with the best the whole time, and that's the positive thing. Besides, it's just getting started, and we're doing well," she concluded.

Source: EuropaPress