The Spaniards will try to rise to the top this weekend in Águilas

The promises of this sport in Europe will meet in Águilas to participate in the XXVII Triathlon "Marques de Águilas", valid for the Youth and Under 23 European Championship, the Junior Triathlon European Cup and which will also be a Qualifier for the Championship from Spain.

A Triathlon whose Opening Ceremony will take place this Friday, August 31 at 20:00 p.m. on the Esplanade of the "Infanta Doña Elena" Auditorium in Águilas and will be attended by the Mayor of Águilas, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez, the President of the European Triathlon Union, Renato Bertrandi, the Presidents of the National and Murcian Federations, José Hidalgo and Diego Calvo respectively, and the General Director of Physical Activity and Sport, Antonio Peñalver.

In Under 23, the Spanish representation will be made up of the Mallorcan Mario Mola (fourth in the ITU Triathlon World Series in San Diego and sixth in the Eilat 2012 Triathlon European Championship); the triathlete from Talavera de la Reina, Fernando Alarza (2012th in the 2012 Stockholm ITU World Triathlon Series); the Galician Uxío Abuín (third in the 2012 Holten Triathlon Premium European Cup); Vicente Hernández from Santa Cruz (recent bronze medal in the 2011 Karlovy Vary Triathlon European Cup) and Ricardo Hernández (sixth in the XNUMX Sprint Triathlon African Cup).

In women we will have Carolina Routier from Banyolina (winner of the 2012 Sprint Triathlon Africa Cup held in Larache), María Ortega from Toledo (17th in the Banyoles Triathlon World Cup), Anna Godoy from Barcelona (13th in the Africa Cup of Sprint Triathlon 2012) and La Badajoz Miriam Casillas (22nd in the Banyoles Triathlon World Cup).

Along with the Spanish triathletes, the Russians Igor Polyanskiy and Andrey Brukhankov, the Portuguese Joao Silva, the Italian Davide Uccellari or the Slovakian Richard Varga, among others, stand out.

For its part, in the female Under 23 category, the presence of the Russians Alexandra Razarenova, Elena Danilova and Mariya Shorets or the Dutch Maaike Caelers stands out.

Source: .murcia.com