The mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, today highlighted the success of the Ironman 70.3 and the high level of a test where the members of the Sampedreño team Marina Castro, Ismael Rojas and Javier Díaz Carretero, under the umbrella of the ‘Marca Marbella’ sponsorship program , they have been proclaimed champions within the mixed relay category. In the international event, which has had representatives from more than 60 countries, P. Cometta and L. Byram have ranked first in the male and female categories, respectively. The councilor, who has participated in the awards ceremony, has shown her satisfaction at the development of a sporting event in which the participants have demonstrated their skill in a 1,900-meter swimming segment, a 90-kilometer cycling segment, with a circuit that has covered neighboring municipalities such as Ojén, Monda, Coín or Cártama, and another on foot, on the Paseo Marítimo de Marbella, of 21 kilometers.
Those classified in the men’s category after P. Cometta, have been G. Lauryssen in second place and L. Worth, in third. In the case of the female, L. Byram has been followed by A. Pietilainem and A. Greenaway.