Guru Frades seeks to make history in Spanish triathlon, and become the first Spanish who qualifies for the Hawaii World Cup since the very tough KPR ranking was established, which only allows the participation of the best 35 (in addition to the continental champions and the winners of previous editions in Kona), who get more points from the sum of their best 5 results between IRONMAN tests and IRONMAN70.3.
Currently, Guruzte Frades has 4180 points, last year to qualify for Kona, the cut was in 4375 and in 2014 in 4915, so the goal of Guru is to leave Brazil with 5000 points, and thus have the classification in the pocket, for this you need to make a top9.
In addition to her, she is also enrolled in the test Helena Herrero, who has a great opportunity to also add points in the KPR ranking.
In the female category the locals Ariane Monticeli y Bruna Mahn they leave as favorites, along with the Canadian Brooke Brown and US Cait Snow. We trust that Frades can be very close to them and fight face to face with the best.
While in the male category the Brazilian (sub8h) Igor Amorelli is the main favorite, along with his compatriots Guilherme Manocchio y Grans Silvestrin, in addition to the Czech Mike Aigroz and the Canadian Brent McMahon.
The test will start on Sunday at the 6: 45 local time, the 11: 45 in Spain.
(Photos: Gurutze Frades.: www.gurutzefrades.com)