Málaga opens the Spanish Circuit Championship with the first speed finals

ODYTA Summary

The Spanish Speed Skating Circuit Championship in the Junior, Senior and Master categories began on Saturday, September 5 in Málaga with an intense first session of finals in which speed was the main feature. In the Junior category, Silvia García of Sada Patín won the women's 100-metre sprint ahead of Leyre Montiel Rodríguez of Astur Patín and Uxue Sola of San Juan. In the men's final, Álvaro Espinera Avellueiras of Celta Patín won with a time of 10.449, ahead of Juan Fernández of San Juan (10.526) and Hugo Sánchez of Ciudad Turia. In the Senior category, Andrea Boedo Arza was proclaimed Spanish champion with a time of 11.091. María Fernanda Leiva of Celta Patín finished second but, competing with Guatemalan nationality, was not eligible for Spanish Championship medals, so Almudena Blanco Vila of Paiporta took silver. In the men's event, Jhoan Sebastián Guzmán Bitar of Celta Patín won with 10.034, ahead of Daniel Milagros Herce of Ciudad Turia (10.229) and Borja Navarro Fernández of Lagunak (10.531). In the Master category, Araceli Larrea Andreu of San Juan won the women's 1,000 sprint, followed by Lorena de la Torre Celades of Roller Almassora and Ángela Reyero Fernández of Sada Patín. The men's Master final was especially close, with Ernesto Santiago Orta of Paiporta winning in 1:41.064, just 54 thousandths ahead of Igor Sanz González of Desliza Vitoria (1:41.118), with Jordan Coca Rodríguez of Sada Patín third (1:41.662). The report notes that the competition has only just begun and the first session already produced finals decided by hundredths of a second and new national champions.