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603 TENERIFE NEWS I 15TH JUNE TO 28TH JUNE 2018
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Popular swim to feature three more categories
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ORE than 120 people have already signed up for the XV Bajamar-Punta del Hidalgo Swim, which will be held on July 28th.
This event, organised by the autonomous sports organisation of La Laguna, will be part of the 14 competitions on the seven islands of the first edition of the Canary Open Water Cup. The good rhythm of the registration, with still six weeks before this aquatic event is held, foresees an increase of participants with respect to other years. This voyage has been celebrated for 15 years with an average of 300 swimmers. It is worth noting that it is the second with the largest number of registrations in the regional
area, only behind the Crossing to Nado El Río (Lanzarote). This test joins two of the main Laguna coastal cores. The challenge to be overcome will be to swim a kilometre and 900 metres from Bajamar to the fishing refuge of Punta del Hidalgo in a maximum of an hour and a half. Registration can be done online at www.deportelagunero.com or in person at the OAD offices from Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm until July 24th. The maximum quota is 400 people. The price to dispute it is 12 euros until June 30th and 16 euros from July
All nationalities contest sixth edition of La Espíritu Triabona
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HE sixth edition of La Espíritu Triabona recorded the absolute triumphs of José Carlos Hernández and Sonia Prieto, in the distance of ten kilometres, and Jonay González and Carlota González, in the five kilometres. The event, organised by the Club Deportivo Espíritu Triabona with the collaboration of the Department of Sports of Granadilla de Abona council, had a record participation of almost 500 athletes. They followed the traditional circuit with the start and finish in the Plaza de San Antonio de Padua, along the Carretera General del Sur to the surroundings of Charco del Pino and back along the same route. The day began with the Baby Run, a unique crawling race in Tenerife and attended by a dozen babies between six and 15 months of age who disputed the distance of four and a half metres from the Church of San Antonio de Padua in the urban centre of Granadilla de Abona. Races for children aged between three and 14 years followed. The event had a solidarity flavour in aid of Cáritas and the
Canarian Foundation for the Walk for Life. In total, 225 euros and about two hundred kilos of food were collected. The five kilometre race was the first of the day. In the men’s categor y, the presence of three athletic figures from Tenerife stood out: Jonay González, Agoney Díaz and Ayoze Pérez. Jonay González again demonstrated his fitness which led him to triumph in
1st. Due to the high participation this year, three new modalities have been added: Infant, Junior and Senior. In total the test will have eleven categories, both female and male, as well as one mixed team: Children (14-15 years), Junior (16-17 years), Senior (30-34 years), Master A (2529 years), Master B (30-34 years), Master C (35-39 years), Veteran I (40-44 years), Veteran II (45-49
years) and Veteran III (5059 years) ), Veteran IV (from 60 years old), Local (from 14 years old), and mixed team. In order to encourage the participation of swimmers in the municipality, the local category has been created, to which persons registered in Bajamar or Punta del Hidalgo may register, who will have to provide the necessary documentation.
the recently celebrated Binter NigthRun ahead of Fran Galindo. The athlete of the Canary Islands Bikila came home first in a time of 15:51, smashing the record of the test that was previously held by Ubay Báez (16:03). Ten seconds later the other Bikila, Agoney Díaz, came home, while Ayoze Pérez (Trivalle Güímar Restaurante Gula) completed the men’s podium with 16:33. For the women, Carlota González (Trivalle Güímar Restaurant Gula) already knew what it was like to get on the podium in the Granadilla event, but in 2018 she did it as a winner in the 5K. She won with 20:45 and 15 seconds ahead of Patricia Dominguez. The third place went to Angela Morales, who won by four seconds to Nora Wisniowski (21:39 by 21:43). The ten kilometre passes through one of the few homologated circuits of the Canary Islands in this distance by the Royal Spanish Athletics
Federation, being valid for regional and national championships. The Olympian in the 2012 London Marathon, José Carlos Hernández, confessed in the previous days that he did not arrive in Granadilla in his best form. However, he found himself able to raise his arms in victory with a time of 34:48. Yoyce Medina came second with 35:15, while Yeray Sierra (35:41) edged out the veteran athlete of the Trivalle Güímar Restaurant Gula, Nacho Martín, who reached the finish line at 35:55. In females, victory went to Sonia Prieto after two laps with 40:10. Another veteran, Amada Sánchez took second place (41:40), while Ana Boullón completed the podium (43.14). The 2018 edition of La Espíritu Triabona was attended by athletes from Tenerife, La Palma, Lanzarote, La Gomera and Gran Canaria, as well as different nationalities such as British, French, Dutch, German, Czech and Italian, among others.