Susana Rodríguez Gacio, gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with his guide Sara Loehr, is the great attraction of the Paralympic Triathlon World Cup which will be held in Vigo on the first weekend of June, where The European Triathlon Cup will also be held.
“From the Spanish Triathlon Federation we hope that Vigo is a world reference for its possibilities,” declared the president of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, José Hidalgo, at the event held at the city hall.
In this sense, he emphasized that This appointment will be “completely innovative” in the world triathlon panorama because “for the first time in Spain, and I think in Europea European Cup trial and another Paralympic Triathlon World Cup will take place at the same venue.”
“We had to reach an agreement with the European Federation (the ETU) and the World Federation (World Triathlon) to converge in Vigo for the first time,” recalled Hidalgo, who believes that the also Vigo Antonio Serrat can compete at home.
“Now he is preparing in Lanzarote, but I am sure he will also compete in Vigo. That is why we organized the European Triathlon Cup here, where he will be the great figure and icon of Spain,” said the president of the federation.
Hidalgo taught that Serrat’s presence at the Paris Olympic Games is almost guaranteedwith Spain seeking to have three representatives in the triathlon modality.
“In Paris, we want everything with him. It will be a very open test and Antonio is going to make us dream,” said the president of the Spanish Federation.
Susana Rodríguez, for her part, said that For him it is “an honor” to be proud that he was able to develop his entire sports career in Galiciaand expressed his desire that this “be the beginning of a future that puts Vigo at the center of triathlon in the world”, where the mayor, Abel Caballero, asserted that “we intend to start a path of great triathlon events in Vigo .
“This is the beginning and we are doing it because we have a great champion. Susana is an example of personal improvement“There is a feminism revolution and in Vigo we have someone who represents us in an unusual way,” declared the socialist councilor.
Source: La Verdad
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