Triathletes
Daniel Fontana and Nancy Alvarez were the winners
in the 19th International Triathlon in La Paz, Argentina.
Fontana,
who was victorious last year as well, completed the
1500m/ 40km/10km in 1:52:33; while Alvarez did it
in 2:13:47.
Struggling
to win: Virgilio Casthilo from Brasil finished
2nd, while Oscar Galindez, showed he's back in form
by finishing 3rd. They were followed by Paulo Miyashiro,
Luis Catta Preta and Antonio Silva from Brasil, Ezequiel
Morales from Argentina, the Brasilian Leonardo Casadio
, Jeff Sneed from the USA and Marcin Werdlarski from
Sweden.
Triumph
was not easy for Fontana, as Casthilo was close to
him untill the very end of the competition. In the
last kilometre. Fontana managed to establish a difference
that would favour him. Unfortunately, Oscar Galindez
could have had a better result if it hadn’t been
for a puncture in his back wheel when he was about
to compete the final kilometers in cycling.
In
the women's event, Nancy Alvarez took control of the
race from the start. She posted the fastest cycle
split of the day, to exit first onto the run - a position
she held until the finishline. This was the first
win for her at this important triathlon in Argentina.
Agnes
Eppers from Bolivia was second, with Soledad Omar
from Argentina 3rd
Argentinian
athletes Pamela Geijo; Silvana Calcagno and Julieta
Solanas were next across the finish line followed
by Virginia Lopez from Uruguay.
Record
entry: 720 athletes from 12 countries took part
in the most important event in Argentina. Elite athletes
earned points for the ITU World Ranking, as well as
6 places for the Panamerican Games to be held in Santo
Domingo ( Dominican Republic).
The
young ones: a great celebration of youth began
a day earlier for the youngest athletes. On Friday-
a day before the major event, 6 to 13-year-old athletes
ran their own competition, which has become an international
“classic”. Kids from Argentina and neighbouring
countries participated. This event corresponds to
the National Federation Juvenile calendar.
For
more information contact Marcelo Lagattina: www.triamax.com.ar
or
Gustavo Svane, Argentinean Triathlon Federation/PaTCo.,
Press Officer
