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The challenge Cartagena should cause a nonstop sea kayaking is history.
The paddlers the Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena, Alejandro Agà ¼ Pedro Jesús Martínez was and poked the prows of their canoes on Saturday around 10:00 am (11:00 am in Spain) in the Algerian port of Oran.
Gone were 36 hours of navigation and just over 40,000 strokes.
The last part was really hard, because wind conditions reached 21 knots with waves of nearly three meters.
Yet despite this, and Martinez was Agà ¼ managed one of the objectives set and none other than complete those 115 miles nautical, between Cartagena and Oran in an estimated time of forty hours.
At the entrance of the harbor were waiting all vessels of the Association Phenicia of Oran, and club rowing and canoeing in the Algerian city, accompanied by its president, Rachid Yadi, and club president Cartagena Miguel à ngel Celdran.
After arrival, athletes showered and were asked a medical examination to ensure they did not suffer dehydration or hypothermia.
Except usual conjunctivitis Wind by salinity during many hours of exposure and a slight drop in blood pressure after physical exertion, according to the optional part, both paddlers were in perfect health.
It should be noted that during the voyage and Martinez Agà ¼ was ingested food and sports drinks.
Phenicia Association offered a restorative meal in the restaurant Le Corsaire, with soup, seafood, fish and vegetables they raised the tension and made ​​them recuperate overlooking the trophy and plaque by the afternoon.
Attended by leading authorities in the Algerian city.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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