Eight Spaniards in the European Championship sub23 of Eliat in Israel

In 2012 Javier Gómez Noya was proclaimed European Elite champion and Ainhoa ​​Murua was runner-up in this same town 

The triathlete season is slowly coming to an end in Europe. This weekend is held in the Israeli city of Eliat on European championship sub 23.

Eliat is a city that brings good memories to the Spanish triathlon, since in 2012 the European Championship was held there, where Javier Gómez Noya he got the gold medal and Ainhoa Murua He got the silver one.

The competition is carried out under Olympic distance with the 15.00m of swimming in the Red Sea in crystal clear and calm waters. Later the triathletes will cover the 40 kilometers of cycling giving 6 turns to a circuit of 6,7 km that includes a slope to the 5%. Finally the race on foot are 10 km giving 3 laps to a circuit of 3,3 km.

In the men's category Spain has four triathletes, being Roberto Sanchez Mantecón that will start with the 1 number e Ignacio González the main advantages. Both have shone internationally this year, Roberto was third in the Sprint European Championship and Ignacio won the Holten European Cup. Together they will also be Andrew Cendán and the junior Javier Dull, the great feeling of the Spanish Elite Championship. The main favorites are the Hungarian Márl Dévay, the Belgian Erwin Vanderplanccke and the British Samuel Dickinson y Barclay Izzard.

As far as women's competition is concerned, there will also be four representatives. Marta Sanchez, Cecilia Santa Maria, Carmen Gomez Noelia John. Sánchez and Santamaría were already top20 in the past world sub 23 and here in Eliat are among the best ranked in the ITU ranking of all participants. Carmen Gómez knows what it's like to shine in the ITU Olympic distance competition, she was third last year in the European Cup of Gran Canaria, and the Valencian Noelia Juan returns to a European Championship with the Spanish national team after winning the silver medal. Last year in the European Duathlon championship sub23. A priori the favorites are the Swiss Julie Derron, the Russian Ekaterina Matiukh and the Hungarian Noémi Sárszegi.

The competition will start tomorrow at 8 Saturday: 30 local time (the 7: 30 Spanish peninsular time) with the start of the men's competition, then the 12: 30 local time will be the turn of the women's competition and on Sunday at 10: 00 will be the turn of mixed relays.

Photo Ignacio: Bennie Slagers
Photos Marta, Cecilia and Roberto: Luisa HB
Javier Photo: Vicente Soloviev
Photo Andres: Marta Lacamara
Photo Carmen: Photochare
Noelia Photo: Ruber Sports Photography