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Triathlon growth continues in Cuba

By World Triathlon | 19 Nov, 2015

Cuba’s capital will host the second edition of the Habana ITU Long Distance Triathlon Series and the Iberoamerican Championships on 13-14 February 2016, an event that will serve as a great promotion for the sport in the country.

Present at the official presentation of the competition in Habana was ITU President, Marisol Casado, who was able to see first hand how Cuba “is doing great things to grow triathlon and organize more events”.

“Cuban triathletes must have a high level race in their country, so they can be more motivated and inspired to have the best triathletes of the world competing here,” Casado said.

The Cuban Federation has been working with some other Federations, like the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, in order to spur development of the sport in the country. Cuban coaches, athletes and technical officials have also received assistance from ITU programmes to improve their skills and capacities, and they have set up a High Performance Training Centre in Habana to work with local triathletes. 

For example, this year, Cuban athletes Leslie Amat Alvarez, Lizandra Hernandez and Michel Gonzalez were selected to participate as a part of Team ITU at the Huatulco World Cup, where ITU provided an expert coach to the Team, as well as assisted in offsetting costs for participants.

“At this year’s race, more than 20 attended the ITU Technical Officials Level 1 Course,” said Cuba’s Rolando Herrera. “They are again ready to make next year’s event a top level, highly organized and fair international event.”

Cuban officials Technicians with international who supported the event and those who still need to be overcome more prestige to their ethics and professionalism that competition; and they are ready to make the next Havana `16 Triathlon fair and worthy event of the highest quality and deserves our sport and all its practitioners.

The Federación Cubana de Triatlón has the goal to host one of ITU’s premier racing circuits event in the near future, “which will be an honor for the National Federation, and a great catalyst for triathlon growth in Cuba” stated Alejandro Puerto, Cuban Triathlon Federation President.

The Habana race is a positive step to make that goal a reality. The first edition of the event was held last year with great success, punctuated by USA Triathlon sending athletes to Cuba for the first time to participate in the event.

February’s races, which already have more than 380 triathletes from more than 30 different countries, will give ranking points for Rio 2016, and will be held in the Marina Hemingway, one of the most enchanting places in Habana.

Related Event: 2016 Habana CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup and Iberoamerican Championships
13 - Feb, 2016 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Carlos Javier Quinchara Forero COL 00:54:40
2. Juan Jose Andrade Figueroa ECU 00:55:09
3. Luis Miguel Velasquez Ramos VEN 00:55:44
4. Dylan Sorensen USA 00:55:59
5. Andres Cabascango ECU 00:56:13
6. Robby Webster USA 00:56:16
7. Walter Schafer USA 00:56:24
8. Alexander Hinton CAN 00:56:28
9. Ryosuke Yamamoto JPN 00:56:37
10. Christopher Hettich GER 00:56:42
Results: Elite Women
1. Camila Alonso Aradas ESP 01:01:40
2. Alexandra Coates CAN 01:01:42
3. Taylor Spivey USA 01:01:49
4. Romina Palacio Balena ARG 01:02:05
5. Molly Higgins USA 01:02:23
6. Alia Cardinale Villalobos CRC 01:02:36
7. Julie Stupp USA 01:03:53
8. Diana Vizcarra Montes ECU 01:05:08
9. Ana Leidys Arias Macias CUB 01:05:21
10. Tania Rizo Coffigny CUB 01:05:42
Results: Open Female
7. Yilianny Díaz Castillo CUB 01:14:34
12. Beatriz Barrios Quiñones CUB 01:21:08
1. Daniela Ciara Vega CUB 01:10:25
5. Daylin Marrero Escalante CUB 01:13:46
9. Klency Anoceto Gonzalez CUB 01:19:33
3. Beatriz Esther Mariño Vazquez CUB 01:11:15
14. Maria Granda González CUB 01:23:18
13. Greisy Matos Hernández CUB 01:22:31
8. Deyanira Ferrales Garcia CUB 01:17:31
15. Laura Alonso Ramirez CUB 01:23:23
Results: Open Male
1. Frank Castro Peru CUB 00:59:50
2. Eddy Santiesteban Torres CUB 00:59:51
3. Daniel Ernesto Perez Perez CUB 01:01:52
4. Pablo Javier Lopez Iglesias CUB 01:02:40
5. Luis Ariel Perez Andino CUB 01:03:23
6. Erick Martínez DOM 01:04:08
7. Yasmani Santana Noa CUB 01:04:09
8. Pedro Jesus Gutiérrez González CUB 01:06:35
9. Alejandro García Mendez CUB 01:06:46
10. Edel Marlon Tellez CUB 01:06:55