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The swim had to be canceled due to bad sea conditions |
Cartagena on Saturday welcomed the end Spain Championships XTERRA triathlon at the Malaga Ruben Ruzafa and Czech Helena Erbanova became the first place and that was organized in collaboration with La Manga Club and the City.
A total of 250 athletes participated in is marked by the cancellation of the swim by the poor condition of the ma r competition.
That section was replaced by a foot race of 4.5 kilometers.
This triathlon started Creek La Manga Club, the venue for the swimming path, the competitors came, but the race.
It was completed with a segment of 28 miles on dirt roads with mountain bike and a 10 race in a forest terrain with a Roman road with over 1,800 years of antiquity.
This championship is the highest score test for qualifying for the World October in Hawaii, which determined the presence of many of the best specialists in the country.
Ruzafa won ahead of two Catalan, Xavier Albert Soley and Jove, who completed the men's podium to be second and third, respectively.
In the female category, Erbanova scored the victory over the Catalan Mercà ¨ Tussell, second in line, and the German Kathrin Müller, third.
The awards ceremony was attended by the Councillor for Sports, Diego Ortega, and the CEO of La Manga Club, José Asenjo.
A group of volunteers from the Polytechnic University also contributed to this sports initiative, as students of the training cycle TAFAD Cartagena together with the technicians of the Department of Sports and Tourism made the event will take place without incident.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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