Miquel Blanchart and Saleta Castro, Spanish champions of medium distance triathlon
Miquel Blanchart and Saleta Castro were crowned Champions of Spain in middle distance triathlon yesterday after completing the 1.900-meter swim, 91 kilometers in first place. bike and 21 kilometres of racing, in a championship that began at the Landa reservoir, near the capital of Alava, and concluded at the Betoño facilities in Gasteiz.
In the men's category, against all odds, the Catalan Miquel Blanchart won after completing the route in 3 hours and 57 minutes. Blanchart went from less to more in the triathlon and after holding on in the swimming and cycling tests, she took advantage of the last 21 kilometers of the test to overtake Richard Calle and win over the finish line alone and with a comfortable advantage over the second place, Richard Calle, who stopped the clock in four hours. Third place was obtained by Aimar Agirresarobe, in his first participation in a state championship.
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Blanchart was awarded this Gasteiztar event after the great favorite for victory and current Spanish Long Distance champion, Peru Alfaro, had to withdraw midway through the race due to the discomfort that prevented him from showing his best side and achieving victory.
In the women's category, the predictions were true and the Galician Saleta Castro won the event ahead of the Navarrese Ana Casares and the veteran Inmaculada Pereiro. The triathlete from the Cidade de Lugo Fluvial remained in the leading positions during the almost two kilometers that the participants had to swim and she took advantage of the 91 kilometers by bicycle to take command of the test. Castro only needed half of the bike race to beat her rivals. From there, the athlete knew how to regulate the effort she made during the first part of the championship and crossed the finish line in first position in 4 hours and 36 minutes, surpassing the second classified by almost six minutes and the second place by seven. third.
The circuit where the test was held yesterday was designed in such a way that spectators could enjoy the spectacle that a race of this level entails, despite the fact that Basque triathletes of great international prestige such as these did not participate in this edition. Eneko Llanos and Virginia Berasategi.
IX sprint triathlon In parallel to the Spanish Middle Distance Championship, the ninth Virgen Blanca triathlon was held in Gasteiz. The test, which was organized by the Araba Ascentium, the Alavesa Triathlon Federation and Euskadiko Triatloi Federazioa, was held over a sprint distance consisting of 750 meters swimming, 21 kilometers cycling and 5 kilometers running.
In this triathlon, the Australian Tamsyn Moana-Veale won the women's category, who completed the course in 1 hour and 12 minutes, while the winner in the men's category was her countryman Joshua Maeder, who did the same with a time of 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Source: deia.com
