Judith Corachán third in the mythical Embrunman
Judith Corachán gets the best result of her life with third place in historic Embrunman
Judith Corachán has competed in his first finished third long distance triathlon, in the "5º monument" of triathlon, Embrunman, being the second Spanish to step on a podium in this French event.
Judith @KORAXAN third in the mythical #EmbrunMan
✅ Huge rising on the podium in his first long distance test! https://t.co/WLRc7ODkI4 pic.twitter.com/b183ZNtYbv
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The test started at 6 in the morning with the 3.600 meters of swimming, where the French Charlotte Morello was the first to arrive at the T1 with a 51 time: 11, along with the Australian Carrie Ballast stuck to it. Judith He came out of the water in third position to more than 3 'of them. While fourth was Gerogina Rutherford more than 1 'of Judith.
In the first kilometers of cycling Morello y Ballast they start pedaling together and at km 20 they already had more than 7 'on Judith, who was always single throughout the race, located in the third position. For its part Judith Corachán also put time to his persecutors in the first kilometers, passing the fourth, Elizabeth Curridori to 3 'of the Catalan at this point. Mediated the cyclist segment, on the top of the Izoard at 2361 m altitude Ballast he crowned alone, followed by 1 ' Morello and with Judith third more than 13 '. Fourth continued Curridori already to more 10 'of Corachán, and fifth was also Spanish Ester Henández Ballast suffered a hard fall, which causes a breakdown in the change but could continue in the race ... although he lost the leadership at the hands of Morello, who at km 140 was leading the test with 3 'on Ballast and almost 20 'of advantage over Judith.
Morello arrives first at the T2, with the best partial cyclist, at 2 'he did Ballast y Judith it stayed third to over 24 '. The fourth triathlete to get off the bike was Isabella Ferrer more than 22 'from Judith, while Ester Hernández was sixth to 9 'of Ferrer.
The final marathon was going to be the judge of the race, from the first kilometers the pace of Carrie Ballast is much higher than that of Charlotte Morello and little by little it is cutting the time with the French one. A step through the first round, on the 14 km Ballast already led with comfort, with Morello more than 5 'and with Judith Corachán third to 21 ', who was doing the best partial of all in the marathon, running very well. Behind the positions did not move, Ferrer was fourth over 20 'of Judith, Curridori fifth and Ester Hernández sixth.
In the second round the differences stabilized, Ballast I had the race in my pocket with more than 13 'of advantage over Morello, Judith I kept running very full and passed 25 'from the head of the race.
Finally victory for Carrie Ballast with 10: 51: 43, followed by Charlotte Morello with 11: 06: 28 and third was a huge Judith Corachán, who finished his first distance triathlon Ironman through the front door, with a historic podium for Spanish triathlon.
As regards the men's competition, Diego FROM Looy the victory has been won with a 9 time: 45: 54 thanks to a spectacular comeback in the final marathon.
Robin Pasteurizer he was the first to cover the 3800m of swimming, with 47: 17, and 2 'of the he left a group with 5 of the favorites, among them Etienne Diemusch y Roman Guillaume. Erik Merino was the best Spanish in the 16 position with 53: 42 while Victor of the Pen I was coming out 5” from Erik. Then the French Diemusch and Guillaume would take the lead, both crowning the Izoard in the lead at km 98, with Jaroslav Kovacic 2′ behind.
At this point Victor of the Pen it was the best of 10 '. In the second part of the cycling segment Victor of the Pen I had an accident with a car and had to leave. Hours later published on social networks that had gone to the hospital and that everything was fine, only had a blow to the knee and some scratches.
Diemunsch was the first to arrive at the T2, followed by Guillaume to 1 '. The rest of the favorites made it more than 8'm with Ouilleres third and Kovacic fourth. Erik Merino It was the best Spanish 9º.
The marathon was going to bring great surprises, Diego FROM Looy I was flying with a 2 time: 44: 22, climbing over 16 'and taking the victory. Second was Jaroslav Kovacic to 3: 53 and third Gwenael Ouilleres to 11: 30. Erik Merino he was the best Spaniard in the 11 position.
