Alejandro Santamaria and Saleta Castro win in the Elche triathlon

Yesterday Arenales del Sol became a true sports festival on the occasion of the VIII Elche Triathlon “Arenales 113”, which brought together almost a thousand triathletes in the Elche district in the competition organized by the Elche Triathlon Club and A300w .

The weather was benevolent and the wind made an appearance in the cycling segment, but not with the expected strength. The participants were able to complete the 1,9 kilometers of swimming, 90 kilometers of cycling and 21,1 kilometers of running without major setbacks other than those imposed by their own physical condition. In addition, there was an exceptional atmosphere in the streets of Arenales del Sol, which were flooded with companions, volunteers and curious people.

At ten to eight in the morning the starting signal was given to all the female age groups, followed five minutes later by the male elite, and successively by the different age groups. From the beginning, the Galician Saleta Castro (Cidade Lugo Fluvial), ultimately the winner, imposed its law in the swimming and cycling segments, controlling its rivals at all times in the final half marathon. Castro reached the finish line with a time of 4 hours, 38 minutes and 31 seconds, almost seven minutes ahead of the second classified, Estefanía Gómez (Saltoki) and more than 12 minutes ahead of Anna Rovira (Team Calella).

In the boys there was an intense one-on-one between Alejandro Santamaría from Madrid and Pedro Miguel Reig (Diabillos) from Alicante. Reig left the water in first position, a position he maintained in the 90 kilometers of bicycle, to bend the knee to Santamaría in the last seven kilometers of the race on foot, in which the Madrid native made use of his exceptional stride to reach the finish line with a time of 4 hours, 2 minutes and 28 seconds. Reig arrived less than a minute later, while the Finnish Tuukka Mietinen (Koiviston) was third, just two minutes behind.

Source: diarioinformacion.com