2023-05-23 07:52:00
The Zarautz – Mollarri – Zarautz route has come to stay and has done so with force. The test, held the day before the popular Getaria-Zarautz, opened this course in times of pandemic and it has been so popular that this year it will be part of the Spanish Open Water Cup and will be attended by some of the best swimmers in the mode at the state level. Pol Gil and Candela Sánchez, winners of the last edition of the two tests held in Zarautz, as well as various members of the Spanish team will undoubtedly be present. According to the organization, most of the Getaria-Zarautz winners in recent years will not be missing either.
The Zarautz – Mollarri – Zarautz journey, which will take place on Saturday, July 22 and has a 5,000-meter route starting and finishing in the port of Zarautz, will be the ninth stage of the eighth edition of the Spanish Cup. This return to Spain aquatic, started on May 13 with the Sailfish Lanzarote Open Water, and consists of 17 stages of which there are five classified as Tour 1000 that include the most outstanding events of the open water scene. Together with the Zarautz – Mollarri – Zarautz there is the Spanish Open Water Championship to be held in Seville from June 2 to 4, Navia (August 5), Barcelona (September 23) and the final stage in Malaga (September 30). .
Candela Sánchez and Pol Gil, winners in 2022 of the Zarautz – Mollarri – Zarautz, will repeat their participation this year.
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Pablo Cazalis, a member of the event’s organizing club, hopes to have around 400 participants while for the Getaria-Zarautz to be held on Sunday, July 23, he hopes to fill the 3,000 available places. “Registrations are going very well and we believe that this year will be a success again. Sunday’s crossing between Getaria and Zarautz will play this year with the tide going out, which always helps the show and also benefits less fast swimmers.
Rest of the calendar
The touring calendar in Gipuzkoa will start with the celebration of the IX edition of the Flysch Beltza, which brings its tests forward until Saturday, July 1. As always there will be two routes: Saturraran – Deba (6,500 meters) and Mutriku – Deba (3,000 meters). The registration period is now open and ends on June 23.
The following weekend it will be the turn of Itzurun-Arranpla. The Zumaia crossing will take place on July 8 and has a route of about 3.00 meters, two kilometers through the open sea and one through the Urola estuary.
On July 16, the fourth edition of San Anton Bira will be held in Getaria. An appointment that is gaining followers every year and that is presented as the perfect training session for Getaria-Zarautz.
July 22-23 is reserved for the queen test of the Gipuzkoan calendar and which promises to bring together many fans of open water tests both from the Basque Country and from other communities as well as foreign participants.
As every year, the crossing of the Paseo Nuevo will be held on August 15 as part of the Semana Grande in San Sebastián, while the following weekend will be the Tour of the Island organized by Atlético de San Sebastián. On September 9, the Tour of the Bay will close the open water calendar of the Gipuzkoan Swimming Federation.
This year we must regret the absence of the Txingudi Crossing, which cannot be held due to date problems. On the other hand, the Whaling Crossing that took place on the first weekend of July with a 5-kilometre route between Pasaia and Zurriola will have to change dates due to the passage of the Tour through Gipuzkoa on those days. In addition, the test will also change your route. The organization hopes to be able to provide more information shortly.
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