Málaga hands out the speed titles at the 2026 Spanish Circuit Championship

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The Spanish Circuit Championship 2026 for Junior, Senior and Master categories is being held at the speed skating circuit next to the Martín Carpena Sports Palace in Málaga, one of the major events on the national calendar. The sprint finals produced close racing, especially among Junior and Senior skaters, while the Master categories also decided their top placings. In the Junior men's 100m sprint, Álvaro Espiñeira Ameijeiras (Celta Patín) led with 22 points and a time of 10.449 seconds, ahead of Juan Fernández Garcés (San Juan) and Hugo Sánchez Sánchez (Ciudad Turia). In the Junior women's final, Silvia García Arribe (Sada Patín) took first with 11.559, just eight thousandths ahead of Leyre Montiel Rodríguez (Astur Patín) at 11.567, with Uxue Sola Baigorri (San Juan) third at 11.716. In the Senior men's 100m sprint, Jhoan Sebastián Guzmán Bitar (Celta Patín) won in 10.024 seconds, followed by Daniel Milagros Herce (Ciudad Turia) and Borja Navarro Fernández (Lagunak). In the Senior women's event, Andrea Boedo Arza (S.C.D. Rabadeira) took gold with 11.091; María Fernanda Leiva Espina (Celta Patín) was second in the race but is listed with Guatemalan nationality and therefore does not count in the national medal allocation, so Almudena Blanco Vila (Paiporta) takes the Spanish Championship silver and Ruth Arza Gastón (Txantrea) the bronze. The Master categories held their 1000m sprint finals, with winners including Adrián Machado Mendieta (Master 30 men), Lorena de la Torre Celades (Master 40 women), Igor Sanz González (Master 40 men), Araceli Larrea Andreu (Master 50 women), Ernesto Santiago Orta (Master 50 men) and Carlos Piñeiro Fernández (Master 60 men). The classifications reflect a wide spread of clubs and federations, with representatives from Galicia, Asturias, Navarra, the Valencian Community, Andalusia, Catalonia, the Basque Country, Madrid and other regions.