The favorites meet the forecast in Gijón
The athletes of the Cidade de Lugo-Fluvial Triathlon club Gustavo Rodríguez and Beatriz Tenreiro won the “Villa de Gijón, Daniel Guzmán Memorial” Duathlon, which was held on Friday morning near Poniente beach in Gijón with a participation close to 200 athletes. There were no surprises, since the two winners started out as favorites and met the predictions.
La prueba se desarrolló en la modalidad de sprint, esto es, 5 kilómetros de carrera a pie, 20 en bike y 2,5 de nuevo de carrera a pie y los primeros en tomar la salida fueron los atletas de la categoría élite, tanto masculina como femenina, en una mañana bastante fresca y en la que cayó una ligera llovizna durante algunos momentos de la prueba. Beatriz Tenreiro hizo valer su condición de favorita y se impuso con un tiempo de 1 hora, 6 minutos y 38 segundos seguida de Sonia Juliá (Igualada) con 1.07.05, Verónica Montes (Fogar) en 1.07.08, Elena Barlabe (Igualada) en 1.07.34 y Beatriz Álvarez (Academia Civil-El Musel) en 1.09.38 y primera asturiana de la categoría. En la prueba masculina se impuso Gustavo Rodríguez con total autoridad, ya que sacó casi dos minutos al segundo clasificado, Alberto González (Valdemoro), ya que el vencedor empleó 53 minutos y 22 segundos en completar la prueba por 55.13 del segundo clasificado.
In third position finished the Asturian Emilio Suárez (Castrillón), who entered just two seconds behind González, after starring in a beautiful duel throughout the entire race, while fourth was Francisco González (Diabillos Rivas) in 55.49, and fifth Gustavo Platas (Cidade de Lugo-Fluvial) in 58.11.
In the team classification, the event's organizing club Academia Civil-El Musel won the women's category and Cidade de Lugo-Fluvial won the men's category.
This test was a qualifier for the Spanish Duathlon Championship that will be held on May 5 and 6 in the Murcian town of Águilas, which hosts this competition after Segovia resigned from organizing it, when it was the city that had been initially granted. This last-minute resignation was on the verge of canceling the Spanish Championship, but finally Águilas decided to organize it, although not on the dates initially planned, which will cause some damage, since it will now coincide with other events in different points of Spain. In addition to the elite competition there were classifications in age groups.
Source: .lne.es
