Sea and mountain races, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis, boxing, trial bike and petanque championships bring 20 events and thousands of athletes to September
In this long and (ever) hot summer, there are weeks without goals from Rubén Castro, saves from Chemi or triples from American Martyce Kimbrough. As Efesé, Jimbee and Cebé begin their vacation, the City Council is preparing a very busy schedule with more than twenty confirmed events and the participation of thousands of athletes, until the start of the Carthagines and Romanos festivities in September. Be aware, because in between bathing and bathing, a large number of rowers, swimmers, boxers and runners will head to the beaches and municipal facilities to stay hooked on the adrenaline of the sport.
The programming continues this Friday, when the two tapestries of the Palacio de Deportes will host until this Sunday the Spanish Championship of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics. Hundreds of gymnasts (including the Cartagena and San Antón Rítmica FC) will give their all on the podium. And not for less, because the athletes play to represent the country at the World Cup in Austria, which is scheduled for June 24, 25, 26 and 27 in the city of Graz. The Spanish federation will closely monitor everything that happens on the Avenida. del Cantón, with coverage on social networks and broadcast in ‘streaming’ to the whole world.
This facility will also house another national championship, in this case table tennis. The reference team of the municipality, UCAM Cartagena, is the king of this sport with more than twenty titles in its showcases. As a result, from June 27 to July 14, the palace has been the epicenter of all rowers in the country. This event has been marked in red by the Ministry of Sports, of which the popular Álvaro Valdés is the mayor, as it will attract 1,500 participants. They will do it from boy, children and prebenjamines, to veterans and the disabled. In addition to the two competition lanes, the swimming pool will house the regional artistic swimming schools.
That is scheduled for Saturday 25 June. By then, hundreds of running enthusiasts will enjoy a dedicated and uniquely popular race: the Paraíso Extrem, which this Saturday will highlight the delicate situation of the Mar Menor during its route, partly through the framework of the salty lagoon. The sea is also the protagonist, on July 30, with the twelfth edition of the Cabo de Palos cross, overlooking the lighthouse that fills social networks with images.
A mix between sports and swimming is what the high summer temperatures invite. Now that the pandemic has brought a truce, the municipality is restoring numerous crossings, many for solidarity purposes, through emblematic points of the coast: Cala Cortina (July 10) and La Azohía (17).
The most adventurous can take the road and even up the mountain, because the mining cross of the Llano del Beal (21) and the ascent to the Fuente del Sapo (27) come in mid-August, which already blows twenty-seven candles in the Diputación de El Algar . If you want to avoid the heat, the night race of Arx Asdrubalis will run through the streets of the historic center on September 10 as a prelude to the festivities of Carthagines and Romanos, on September 16. If you opt for a desperate ‘bikini operation”, 14 kilometers of mountain and 600 meters of positive height difference await June 25 in the ‘King of the Mountain’ test. It is demanding and around the Watchtower castle.
Watching the bulls from the sidelines is in any case also offered by the summer sports program. Especially sitting in the stands of the old ‘Bombonera’, where instead of futsal the Spanish boxing championship awaits. The appointment in the ring is from June 21 to 25. Immediately afterwards, the national bike test starts in Los Camachos. Raúl Martínez and Daniel Cegarra leave no one indifferent.
In the absence of official confirmation, it is likely that it will be time to wait until October to see FC Cartagena Algar Surmenor’s new project in action, with coach Pascual Saurín at the helm of the bench. The aperitif will start on September 8, the date chosen by the federation to bring the “Madison Beach” test. The beach volleyball matches take place in the Entremares area.
A regional petanque tournament in Los Dolores and a national bodybuilding trophy in El Batel round out the summer sports activities. Already in September, the municipality organizes numerous nautical surf, jet ski and underwater competitions within the so-called Water Games. The Jimbee Volcano ultramarathon also appears there.
Source: La Verdad
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