Yucatan and Jalisco stand out at Sprint Triathlon Xel-Ha 2009
Posted by: dvillacis in News feature, Special EventsXEL-HA, RIVIERA MAYA, NOVEMBER 8, 2009.- Ricardo García Riverol from the Mexican state of Yucatan (1 hour, 2 minutes, 13 seconds) and Fabiola Corona native from Jalisco (1 hour, 6 minutes, 37 seconds) were the winners that triumphantly finished in first place the Sprint Triathlon Xel-Ha 2009 in the separate categories for men and women of this truly exciting and moving multi-sport journey, with a quota of 648 triathletes and hundreds of friends and families who turned the challenge into the most successful competition.
Despite unfavourable and adverse weather conditions such as the threat of the tropical storm “Ida”, the Sprint Triathlon Xel-Ha was carried out without any inconveniences starting at 7 o’clock in the morning, the starting signal was in charge of Miguel Quintana Pali, General Director of Xel-Ha, exact time when triathletes gathered at the floating bridge located at the inlet of Xel-Ha Park, to begin the 750 meters swimming race.
Afterwards, the participants covered the 10 kilometer cycling race from Xel-Ha’s parking lot along the federal highway Chetumal-Puerto Juarez towards the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum, with spectacular sunny weather, few clouds and no rain.
The culminating point of the competition was the 5 kilometer run over a limestone road which ended with a sprint over the bridge that crosses the federal highway towards the finishing line at Xel-Ha’s parking lot.
The olympic triathlete Fabiola Corona, who once represented Mexico in Beijing, greeted joyfully the event organization and handed over the first place to Ixchel Natalí Contreras, the native Yucatan triathlete who had arrived second place to the finish line.
The event accomplished an outstanding participation of children and teenagers, who also performed with extraordinary determination completing the wide range of challenges.
Another grand moment was the performance of the physically challenged triathlete Rubén Grande, who completed all three phases of the competition with an amazing time of 1 hour, 42 minutes, 51 seconds.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
The Organizing Committee of Sprint Triathlon Xel-Ha provided the official results for the first five overall places in the men’s and women’s events:
Men’s Category Winners
Place Number Name Time
1 418 RICARDO GARCÍA RIVEROL 01:02:13
2 154 ABRAHAM CRUZ CASTILLO 01:04:43
3 360 RAFAEL BENTATA 01:05:27
4 438 SEBASTIÁN GARCÍA 01:06:12
5 1 ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ 01:07:28
Women’s Category Winners
Place Number Name Time
1 392 FABIOLA CORONA 01:06:37
2 349 IXCHEL NATALÍ CONTRERAS 01:13:10
3 407 FABIOLA RODRÍGUEZ ZAPATA 01:13:24
4 257 NELLY BECERRA PLIEGO 01:15:42
5 276 ANDREA MUÑOZ ÁLVAREZ 01:16:32
The official results are available at www.triatlonxelha.com
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