Marc Puig fifth in the Ultraman World Championship

November 27, 2017Updated on November 27, 2017

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During this weekend the 3 days of competition of the Ultraman of Hawaii, the World Championship of the specialty has been disputed.

An Ultraman consists of three stages, the first is divided into two parts, 10km of swimming in the Pacific Ocean followed by 145km of cycling (without drafting). The second day the athletes travel 273,5 km of cycling, also without drafting and the competition ends the third day with a double marathon, 84,4 km.

In the male category the winner has been Rob Gray with a total time of 22: 19: 48 followed by Jeremy Howard (22: 25: 16) and for Arnauld Selukov (23: 17: 51) occupying the third final position. Rob Gray he has achieved victory in all stages of the race.

As for the Spaniards a great Marc Puig has finished in the fifth final position with a time of 24: 14: 18. Marc finished sixth in the first stage, eighth in the second and third in the double marathon with what finally has achieved this great fifth place. Marcos Bonilla has been 14º with a time of 28: 39: 52 while Roger Lacaci, has finished in the thirtieth position with a time of 35: 25: 25.

Marc Puig

Marc Puig, the best Spanish in this test with 4 podiums in Ultraman tests in his short career, during these three days he followed the test through his Facebook that we could follow each day

"The first swim segment was hard due to the water conditions in the last kilometers and I did not get the expected result, the second day in the cycling segment I was not lucky to click on the 30 km when I was with the leading group ... finally I could I went up this distance a lot but I went back to puncturing, which was hard morally since I was getting away from the podium options.

Finally the third day we did a decent marathon with a third place that gave us the possibility of getting fifth of the overall finish.

I am aware that I am young and I have many years ahead of me and I will continue fighting to be on the podium in this Ultraman event."

In the women's event, the winner has been Steffi Steinberg completing the distance in 26: 02: 27, followed by Amy Craft (30: 31: 09) and by Fiona Siemelink (30: 45: 15) in third position.