Miriam Casillas seventh in the Chengdu World Cup

The Spanish with a great performance enters the TOP10 of the test

This morning has been disputed in the Chinese city of Chengdu the ITU Triathlon World Cup where the Spanish Miriam Casillas He has made a great performance getting the seventh final place.

After the first segment of 1,5 km of swimming, Casillas left more than a minute and 40 seconds of the leaders, who on their way to the T1 were led by the American Summer Cook. Ahead, the triathletes faced 40 km cyclists, with a first group of eight triathletes getting an income of more than 20 seconds. The front block would be extended to 22, at the same time it increased its advantage to more than 30 seconds on a new chasing group that included the Spanish Casillas.

Mediated the demanding cyclist route, the first persecuting squad managed to get hooked in the front, with the pacense integrating a group of 36 triathletes in front of the competition. From then on, the final laps would pass without major changes, with a large group well established in the leadership.

Everything was open for 10 determinants km final of the race on foot, with more than thirty triathletes heading to the T2. When they left, Summer Cook and the Belgian Claire Michel took the lead in the latter sector. On the other hand, after a quick passage through the second transition, Casillas was 12ª to 21 seconds of the leaders, at the end of the first round of the track. The triathlete of Badajoz, would continue to climb positions along the four laps of the segment, in a splendid race on foot that would lead to excel in a remarkable seventh place.

Finally the victory has been for the American Summer Cook finishing the test in a time of 2: 00: 06, followed by the Belgian Claire Michel (2: 00: 42) and the Austrian Lisa Perterner (2: 01: 02).

Miriam Casillas, the only Spanish representative in the race, made a good cycling sector trained in the T2 in the first positions, she knew how to maintain a good rhythm in the race on foot which allowed her to finish the race in the seventh position with a final time of 2: 01: 41 and thus keep adding points for its Olympic classification.

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