Godoy wins the heat

The Catalan Francesc Godoy and the Australian Natalie Van Coevorden prevailed over the heat and were the winners of the 26th Onditz Memorial, held yesterday in Donostia under a scorching sun, a temperature between 29 and 36 degrees and a very high percentage of humidity that made the race in hell and caused numerous withdrawals. Of the 742 initially registered, 103 did not show up and the final number of classified participants was 530, among them only 41 women.

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Godoy was the fastest in both the 1,5 kilometer swim and the 40 kilometer cycle, which were very hard, so he only had to keep an eye on his rivals in the running race. He won with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Australians Joshua Maeder and Ryan Bailie completed the podium. Fourth, and first from Gipuzkoa, was Jon Unanue from Zarautz, who improved on his fifth place from the last edition.

In the women's category, Australian Natalie Van Coevorden dominated the test from start to finish and won with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds, three minutes ahead of Natalia Raña, sister of triathlete Iván. Maider Gaztañaga from Gipuzkoa completed the podium.

Source: www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.com