This weekend the Spanish Vertical Climb and Mountain Racing Championship 2024where the Catalan Jan Torrellada and the Basque Oihana Kortazar won five and six titles respectively.
The competitions started on Saturday morning in Barranca de Candelada park (Ávila) with the IX edition of The Warrior Trailwhich hosts the championship.
On a 7.5 km long route, which started at 440 meters of altitude and climbed to 1,490 meters, the young Catalan Jan Torrellada20 years old, has been proclaimed sub23 and full forward champion Miquel Corbera and Fabian Venero.
Among the women, the experienced Basque runner Oihana Kortazar He dominated the event from the start and was declared the absolute champion and master at the age of 39. The second came Onditz Iturbe and the former soccer player Bel Calero finished the podium.
Through the team, the victories went to JAB Berga in the men’s category and the Durango Sports Club in the feminine.
Mountain races and trail running
On Sunday, the mountain race was held, consisting of a 16 km route with 840 meters of positive elevation gain.
again, Jan Torrella He achieved a resounding victory that gave him the titles of Spanish under-23 and absolute champion, achieving a record five gold medals: four individuals and one for teams. They completed the podium Dimas Pereira and Paul Bautista.
In women, Oihana Kortazar He once again showed that he is a “total” runner by proclaiming himself the Spanish champion of the full and specialized mountain race, with more than a minute ahead of the second competitor. Onditz Iturbe. The Spanish woman born in Morocco Ikram Rharsalla came third.
Through teams, the Durango Sports Teama repeated victory of the previous day, which left the Elgeta runner with six gold medals: four individual and two for the team. An unprecedented feat that places him among the most important mountain runners in the country.
Minor categories
The two races of promotionin men and women sub20 and sub18 which, like yesterday, went out with the master’s degree for 70 years.
His career took a long time 7 km and a positive slope of 380 meters The entry of the best at the finish line coincided with part of the full peloton that started 45 minutes earlier.
The success of the men’s sub-20 matches in a remarkable way to Louis Puigvertin front of Eduardo Hernandez and Adrian Macias. Puigvert, an athlete who defends the colors of the award-winning JAB Berga, became champion on Saturday in the Vertical Climb, therefore, a brilliant double for him.
The U18’s outcome was very close with a gold medal for Asheber Diaz with five seconds to spare he prevailed Samuel Matamoros and 15 seconds later he arrived Pol Alaminos.
Among the girls, special popularity for the girl, who is still 15 years old (she will be 16 in December) Marina Pujaltethe Murcian woman showed a self-confidence inappropriate for her age and more than having as a rival runner-up in the U20 World Cup, like the Burgos woman. Ines Herault. Well, Marina beat Inés by 55 seconds. Pujalte was joined on the sub18 podium Candela Perez and Sandra Gonzalezwhile Herault will be seconded to sub20 Emma Menendez and Gabriela Lasalle.
The first overall and promotion category finishers in both disciplines get preselection for European Off Road which is celebrated at the end of May and beginning of June in Annecy (France).
Source: La Verdad
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