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King of Spain accepts position as Honorary President for 2016 Duathlon World Championships

By World Triathlon | 08 Mar, 2016

Spain’s King Felipe VI has accepted an invitation to be the Honor Chairman of the 2016 ITU Duathlon World Championships, which will be held this summer in Aviles, Spain. The charming and coastal city of Aviles is located in the region of Asturias, from where the older daughter of the King holds the title of Princess of Asturias.

His Majesty accepted the request made by the Mayor of Avilés and president of the Organizing Committee of the event, Ms Maria Virtues Monteserín, the Spanish Royal House announced. 

For ITU is a great honor that His Majesty accepted to be honor President of the organizing committee, and will be extremely pleased if the King, the Queen and the Princess of Asturias –the older daughter of the couple- will attend the event.

The ITU Duathlon World Championship will take place in Aviles 3-5 June, where more than 1400 athletes from 40 countries will compete.

Related Event: 2016 Aviles ITU Duathlon World Championships
04 - Jun, 2016 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Richard Murray RSA 01:42:18
2. Emilio Martin ESP 01:42:35
3. Jorik Van Egdom NED 01:42:41
4. Seth Totten USA 01:42:55
5. Benjamin Choquert FRA 01:43:07
6. Moussa Karich BRN 01:43:22
7. Sergey Yakovlev RUS 01:43:23
8. Benoit Nicolas FRA 01:43:42
9. Yohan Le Berre FRA 01:45:08
10. Carl Avery GBR 01:45:36
Results: Elite Women
1. Emma Pallant GBR 01:56:45
2. Andrea Steyn RSA 01:56:52
3. Margarita Garcia Cañellas ESP 01:57:17
4. Lisa Sieburger GER 01:57:46
5. Sandrina Illes AUT 01:57:48
6. Giorgia Priarone ITA 02:00:45
7. Ana Filipa Santos POR 02:01:57
8. Julie Chuberre Dode FRA 02:02:06
9. Lesley Smit NED 02:02:25
10. Ilse Geldhof BEL 02:03:02
Results: U23 Men
1. Jorik Van Egdom NED 01:42:41
2. Daniel Canala AUS 01:45:44
3. João Pedro Ferreira Pereira POR 01:46:07
4. Max Schröter GER 01:46:17
5. Rafael Domingos POR 01:49:18
6. Raul Manso ESP 01:51:10
7. Ryuichiro Misu JPN 01:56:53
DNF. Richard Horton GBR DNF
DNF. Iñaki Pena-Manso Carral ESP DNF
LAP. Attila Daniel ROU LAP
Results: U23 Women
1. Claudia Luna ESP 02:04:16
2. Noelia Juan ESP 02:08:09
DNF. Natalia Fischer Egusquiza ESP DNF
LAP. Claudia Montagut Sanz ESP LAP
LAP. Rita Lopes POR LAP
Results: Junior Men
1. Alex Yee GBR 00:51:40
2. Alberto Gonzalez Garcia ESP 00:51:50
3. Javier Lluch Perez ESP 00:52:06
4. Noah Servais BEL 00:52:09
5. Arnaud Dely BEL 00:52:18
6. Andres Cendan Llorens ESP 00:53:51
7. Arnaud Mengal BEL 00:53:59
8. Francisco Luis POR 00:54:07
9. Juan Caro Guillem ESP 00:54:09
10. Tiago Leão POR 00:54:14
Results: Junior Women
1. Delia Sclabas SUI 00:58:55
2. Kate Waugh GBR 00:59:14
3. Madalena Amaral Almeida POR 00:59:16
4. Francesca Crestani ITA 01:02:06
5. Sharon Belén García ESP 01:02:11
6. Serena O'Connor GBR 01:02:28
7. Itzel Arroyo Aquino MEX 01:02:41
8. Edymar Daniely Brea Abreu VEN 01:03:51
9. Carlotta Bonacina ITA 01:04:25
10. Maude Elaine Le Roux RSA 01:05:35