Tribute to the Home of Ferro

About 40 athletes gather to dismiss the national test that had to be canceled

Around 40 Pitiusan athletes gathered yesterday on the Figueretes promenade to sportingly bury the Home de Ferro, a national triathlon event that was canceled for economic reasons and the lack of permits. The tribute was the same day that the national title should have been played. Nostalgia for bygone times presided over an event promoted by triathletes David Pérez and José Luis Gambacorta.

The meeting also had a certain protest component. There were no shouts of protest or signs of complaint, but the mere presence of a large group of people, including several members of the competition organization, is already a message of protest: this situation cannot be repeated.

 

Because Ferro's Home has not been the only test affected by bureaucracy. Last week the Semimarató, promoted by the Club Atletisme Pitiús, could not take place when it came face to face with the refusal of Traffic to allow the athletes to run on the Sant Josep road. Some defied the ban and completed the initially planned 21 kilometers.

Yesterday's sporting event was something similar. At 8 in the morning, fifteen triathletes jumped into a rough sea and completed 1,5 kilometers of swimming, watched by a local police officer from Vila from the solid ground of Paseo de ses Figueretes.

The number of athletes increased to 25 in the bicycle sector, which started at nine. The route was as planned: Figueretes, Can Cifre, detour to Es Cubells and Cala d'Hort (round trip). On the last route, the foot race, the group grew to almost 40 people. They trotted around the promenade. They were the last steps of Home de Ferro.

Source: diariodeibiza.es