The Cursa de les Dones opens a route with pre-pandemic influx

The Cursa de les Dones ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’ will reach the number of participants before the pandemic and will gather this Sunday, November 13, about 33,000 participants who will travel the new 7.7 kilometer route through the streets of Barcelona.

The race, which starts on Paseo de Pujades between the streets of Nàpols and Wellington, and ends on Paseo Lluís Companyswill have an almost circular route passing through various arteries in the city center such as Marina Street, Paseo Colón, Paral·lel Avenue, Compte d’Urgell Street and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes.

The event was officially presented this Friday in the press room of the Barcelona City Council and was attended by the sports councilor, David Escudé, who celebrated a number of participation that “is getting closer to the previous record of 36,000 participants.” in the pandemic”, a symptom that “we are taking steps to get closer to absolute normality”.

“It is the most attended sporting event in the city. Many women wait here and train all year round.because it is a solidarity event that goes beyond sports and is for all audiences,” said Escudé.

The press conference also included the participation of the spokesperson for the Cursa de les Dones ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’, Henar Calleja, who said that the race, which in its 19th edition was held in nine Spanish cities, maintains ” aim to promote women’s sports”, without forgetting the “part of social and solidarity” which “adds reasons every year”.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will collaborate so that more than 30 refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls can participate free of charge in the event. In addition, another 30 refugee women hosted by the Spanish Commission for Refugee Assistance (CEAR) in Barcelona will leave.

For her part, Catalan athlete Cristina Silva highlighted that The new route is “quite fast, it goes through wide and lively streets”, so it sees “a fun race” where it would be “easy to join” new runners “to get into this kind of sport.”

Also participating in the press conference were the spokesperson of the Spanish Metastatic Breast Cancer Association, Sara Cervelló, the member of the Ibn Battuta Foundation, Laila Khalil, and the member of the Association of those affected by endometriosis, Cristina Iglesias.

Also, this Sunday before the start, the award will be given to Paralympic triathlete Eva Moral, bronze at Tokyo 2020 and recently qualified for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and to Paralympic athlete Melani Berges for her contribution to women’s sport and society.