The Chillán triathlete Mateo Mendoza marked a milestone in his sports activities profession, leaving the identify of Chillán, Ñuble and the nation excessive.
The “Iron Boy” was topped champion within the South American Championship and Continental Cup in La Guaira, Venezuela, an elite collection, with a time of 1:51:57, along with being one of the best within the under-23 class.
“It has been loopy to get right here. Undoubtedly, I fulfilled a dream that I by no means thought would occur. This achievement is just not even for a second simply mine, there are numerous individuals watching over me attempting to maintain me afloat each day,” confessed the athlete, who thanked all of the individuals who encourage him to coach or carry his spirits “in order that an individual how I can deal with conditions as unpredictable as sport.”
Most gratitude
Mendoza thanked his teammates on the UC triathlon crew “as a result of with out them it will be a thousand occasions tougher, particularly my household.” who has all the time been dedicated to me and has accompanied me by the hand always. This achievement is his and I do not even wish to think about how my dad should have shouted this race,” described Mendoza, who received the lads’s race held in Olympic format, which represented an amazing first place Elite and sub23 within the Americas Cup, along with being Champion South American recording 1:51:57 within the occasion that was held on lands caribeñas.
In the meantime, with a time of 1:54:13 Jácome was the third sub-23 within the continental cup (ninth total and eighth South American within the race).
Second place below 23 went to the consultant of Peru and UC triathlete, Arturo Salinas with a time of 1:52:57.
Among the many nationals, there was additionally Benjamín Adriazola, who with a time of two:01:39 was fifteenth total and ninth sub23.
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