Andrés Avila and Laura Durán won this Sunday, June 4, in the XII edition of the Sertri Triathlon 'City of Cartagena', which brought together 500 athletes from the area and other points of the Spanish geography in the test included in the Regional Circuit of the Federation of Triathlon of the Region of Murcia, organized by the Cadena SER, the Triathlon Club Cartagena and the Triathlon Federation of the Region of Murcia and which has the collaboration of the Department of Sports of the City of Cartagena, the Port Authority and the Regatta Club.
The mayor of Cartagena, Jose López, was in charge of giving the start signal to this twelfth eidción of the Sertri City of Cartagena, accompanied by the councilman of Sports, Ricardo Segado.
Avila, from the CD Triathlon Marbella Bike and concentrated in the Center of High Performance (CAR) of Los Narejos, won the victory by stopping the stopwatch in 57 minutes and thirty-nine seconds.
After him, 19 seconds of difference came Antonio Luis Alcaraz (57:58), Bitec Tri Impulso, closing the podium Angel Sánchez, Bicycles Pina Toledo (58:04).
In an all-female category, Laura Duran, from CT Caravaca and Avila's partner in the CAR of Los Narejos, climbed to the top of the podium with a time of one hour, eight minutes and fifty-seven seconds.
Beatriz Ortín, of Arcade Inforhouse Santiago (1:10:11), of CT Thader Molina, was second classified and Miriam Fuentes of CT Murcia Unidata completed the podium (1:13:10).
The exit and the goal took place in the Plaza de los Heroes of Cavite and Cuba.
The participants jumped into the water from the old Regattas Club, where they started the swim section, returned to the pits located in the vicinity of the Flag of Spain, on the esplanade of the Port, and faced the bike stretch that led them to the Tunnel of Cala Cortina to close the competition with the foot race that passed through the Plaza Bastarreche and the Wall.
Until Cartagena they moved participants of all the Region as well as of other provinces like Alicante, Albacete and Almería, mainly, but also of Galicia or Melilla.
In this edition, the race has had a success of inscriptions;
As seats for the Sprint (absolute) category were completed more than a week before the test.
In addition to the female category, with the 'Triathlon of the woman', and categories fry, infanitl and cadet, there is a category Kids for the smallest in which these are not launched into the water and is not competitive, so there are Medals for all.
On the other hand, more than 100 people participated in the organization among volunteers and members of the club, in addition to the Local Police, Firefighters and sponsors.
The course of the test is designed so that the public does not lose the visibility of the athletes in any moment practically without moving of the Place of the Heroes of Cavite and Cuba.
The different categories have courses adapted to your requirement:
- Absolute category: swimming, 750 meters;
Bicycle, 20 kilometers;
Walking race, 5 kilometers.
- Child categories, cadet and Women's Triathlon: swimming, 300 meters;
Bicycle, 8 kilometers;
Walking race, 2 kilometers.
- Fry category: swimming, 150 meters;
Bicycle, 4 kilometers;
Walking race, 1 kilometer.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena