The British Emma Pallant returns to reign in Mogán and the Belgian Heemeryck premieres victory

The two triathletes who came in better shape to the fourth edition of Gloria Challenge Mogán Gran Canaria confirmed the forecasts and won.

The British Emma Pallant repeated her 2017 triumph, becoming the queen of the race after stopping the 04 chrono: 36: 07, almost 13 minutes before the second classified, and the first triathlete to repeat twice victory in this Gran Canaria competition.

Both were received in goal by the councilman of Deportes de Mogán, Luis Miguel Becerra; Antonio Pérez Ñito, sports-technical director of the Insular Institute of Sports; José María Mañaricúa, president of the Gloria Palace group, the main private sponsor of the event; and Zibi Szlufcik, CEO of Challenge Family.

Pallant consummated his triumph, at the end incontestable, from the middle of the itinerary by bicycle. In the first swimming session, the Swiss Celine Shaerer demonstrated her dominance in the water (08: 31: 03). Pallant would do it almost a minute and a half later. Behind them, the British also Caroline Liversey.

The first half of the route, the Swiss could maintain the advantage over Pallant due to his knowledge of the roads of Gran Canaria, where he trains regularly. But from then on Pallant cemented his victory. The partial bicycle ended with a five-minute lead from the British on Shaerer, which could no longer decrease.

The walking tour finally gave us one last surprise: with Pallant unbeatable, the Dutch Tessa Kortekkaas (04: 48: 58) managed to overcome Shaerer (04: 51: 03) and conclude the second test.

In the men's category, also the last 21 kilometers on foot would turn the classification upside down. From the water, the Swiss Manuel Kung dominated this fourth edition. Thus, he was the first to leave the swimming and on the bicycle. Only in the race yielded to the push of Heemeryck, with a spectacular 2019, after winning the Challenge of Salou 15 days ago.

Heemeryck stopped the stopwatch in 04: 00: 44, minute and a half before Kung (04: 02: 21). From behind, Nan Oliveras i Font became the first Spaniard in the race and climbed third to the podium, after overtaking a persecuting triumvirate (Bishop, Pictor and Davis).

LUIS HERNÁNDEZ AND MIA NIELSEN, CHAMPIONS OF CANARIAS CHALLENGE

Luis Hernandez Cano (04: 24: 35) and Mia Nielsen (05: 50: 05) became the first Champions of the Canary Islands Challenge, one of the novelties of this edition, by becoming the first Canarian to complete the middle distance.

In the Olympic distance, the absolute winners were the mogul Willy García Jiménez, and Catharina Voelker