The Saint welcomes on Saturday the XXVIII edition of the Volcano Triathlon
Everything is meticulously prepared at the Club La Santa, in the Lanzarote municipality of Tinajo, to host on Saturday from 10 in the morning the oldest triathlon in the Canary Islands, the XXVIII edition of the Volcano Triathlon, considered by experts as a preparation for the Ironman, which will take place three weeks later in Puerto del Carmen.
The Volcano will serve for participants of different ages and nationalities to assess their physical condition for their participation in the Ironman, for which they have been training in La Santa.
Among the participants in this edition is last year's winner, the Dane Rasmus Petraeus, who will have among his closest rivals the Estonian Kirill Kotshegarov and the Irishman Bryan McCrystal, who is competing for the first time as a professional. Kirill is 23 years old, and is probably the Estonian triathlete with the greatest future. He was three times champion of his country in the junior category, in addition to achieving two victories in national middle-distance triathlon races, and several silver medals in Olympic distance and duathlon. As has been customary in recent years, there will be Canarian representation in the event, since it counts towards the Federation Cup (Fecantri).
Equipment with disabilities
The Volcano is also an integrative event. Once again it has the presence of three teams with disabilities. A team in which Stefan Lange participates, in the racing segment in the handbike modality. A second team, the TRiWWW.Dream Team, composed of Andrés Martín in the swimming segment, David Blas in the cycling segment and Israel Coronado in the running segment. And finally, a third team, TRiWWW.Palante, with Miguel Barreto swimming, Clai-re Elliott on the bike and Elvis Díaz running.
Three segments make up the Volcano. The 1,5 km swimming segment in the spectacular Club La Santa lagoon. The 40 km cycling segment, with a route that starts and finishes at the Club La Santa stadium. And after leaving the stadium, the participants will head towards Caleta del Caballo, Soo, Famara until the roundabout on the Teguise highway. Once they reach the roundabout, the participants will return to Club la Santa, following the same route.
The last segment will be a 10 km running race, on a 5 km circuit that requires two laps, and will run around the lagoon and the town of La Santa.
On Friday at 19 p.m. there will be a meeting prior to the test in the Plaza del Club La Santa. In the evening, at 21 p.m., there will be the awards ceremony.
The relay teams are made up of 3 triathletes, 1 for each segment, in the women's, men's and mixed team 2 + 1 categories. The prizes for the relay teams will be a t-shirt and a finisher's medal for each component.
Source: laprovincia.es
