Spain started the Mountain and Trail Running World Championships with two bronzes

The Spanish athletics team began its participation in the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai (Thailand) with two bronze medals in the uphill specialty, achieved individually by Álex García and the men’s team.

García, who covered the 8.5-kilometer ascent and a combined descent of 1,021 meters in 49:03, was bested only by Kenyans Patrick Kigpgeno (46:51) and Philemon Kiriago (48:24). . .

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The Murcian athlete explained that he started something “conservative” the test and that he gradually sees himself well and “passing the people” until he finds himself in the podium positions that he did not abandon.

The performance of Miquel Corbera (thirteenth in 50:49) and Oriol Cardona (twenty-first in 52:12) allowed the Spanish team to occupy the last place on the podium with 37 points, five from Italy and three from Switzerland. Guille Albert finished in 36th place (56:06).

In the female category, Onditz Iturbe was fifth with a time of 57:06. Victory went to American Allie McLaughlin (55:15) ahead of Andrea Mayr (55:41) and the Swiss Maude Mathys (56:00).

María Ordóñez was twenty-eighth (1h04:20) and Laia Montoya thirty-eighth (1h08:00).