Antonio Benito Top 10 in the Indoor European Cup of Trialton at Lievin
It was the first time in history that an Indoor ETU Cup was held
Yesterday, in France, for the first time in history, a Indoor Triathlon European Cup, specifically in the indoor stadium in the city of Lievin, where several international track championships have been held.
The test with a spectacular staging, had a pool of 25 meters installed for the event, with the competition animated by a live DJ that gave a more show point in the test.
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The women's race has started at the 2019 ETU Indoor Triathlon European Cup! Check out this dynamic race format LIVE on https://t.co/lQpcXtKU6O pic.twitter.com/ApVFq5aNBi
- TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) March 2th 2019
The competition was disputed in supersprint distance, where they had to make several qualifying rounds, repechages, semifinals and two finals,
The final victory was for the British Christopher Perham followed by the Hungarian Csongor Lehmann and for the French Pierre Le Corré. In the men's final he could only enter Antonio Benito which was eighth.
In the final B, Roberto Sánchez he was second behind the Dutchman Youri Keulen.
In the women's category, the victory in the final went to the German Nina Eim followed by the French Sandra Dodet and for the Russian Valentina Riasova. Here we did not have any Spanish in the final. In the final B Xisca Tous it was fourth followed by Elsa Pena fifth Nerea García it was seventh and Laura Duran tenth
You can relive the test in the following video:
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