Alberto Gonzalez, Napier (New Zealand) Bronze

Sports Editorial, February 24 (EFE).- Spaniard Alberto Gonzalez took third place at the Triathlon World Cup in Napier (New Zealand) this Saturday, with Australians Callum McCluskey and Sophie Lynn winning.

Gonzalez was always in the lead group in both the 750-meter swim and the 20-kilometer cycle, and he maintained his chances despite McCluskey's shot to his first victory ahead of local Hayden Wilde in the 5-kilometer run. Big comeback.

“It's unbelievable, it's been seven years since my first World Cup and it took me seven years to get on the podium. It's been really hard work with my team, we've had to work really hard to get here,” he said. The winner set a time of 49:41, six seconds shy of Wild.

Alberto Gonzalez closed out the podium with a time of 49:49, one second less than Israeli Shachar Sagiv, while Genis Grau finished in thirty-third place with 52:00.

In the women's race, Australian Lynn clocked 56:35 ahead of Britain's Sophie Alton (56:43) and Olivia Mathias (56:44), Cecilia Santamaria nineteenth (58:14) and Iradxe Arenal twenty-seventh (twenty-seventh). 59:10). EFE

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