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

by World Triathlon on 08 Mar, 2016 09:46 • Español

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.

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04 - 05 Jun, 2016 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Richard Murray	RSA	01:42:18
2.	Emilio Antonio Martin Romero	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

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

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

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

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

Results: Men's PT1
1.	Gustavo Molina-Martinez H1	ESP	01:09:57
2.	Jose Manuel Quintero Macias H1	ESP	01:12:38
DSQ.	Gonzalo Valdovinos González	MEX	DSQ

Results: Men's PT2
1.	Lionel Morales	ESP	01:12:41
2.	Alessandro Carvani Minetti	ITA	01:15:27
3.	David Mata Muñoz	ESP	01:21:07
4.	Luis Miguel Gonzalez Sousa	ESP	01:22:40
5.	Diego Alfonso Lares García	MEX	01:33:42

Results: Men's PT3
1.	José Aureliano Valenzuela Román	MEX	01:08:06
2.	Alejandro Sánchez Palomero	ESP	01:08:13
3.	Kini Carrasco	ESP	01:09:26
4.	Daniel Molina	ESP	01:13:02
5.	Franck Paget	FRA	01:13:16