The great Martin Falch delighted his home crowd by retaining his ETU European Cross Triathlon Championship title at Strobl am Wolfgangsee.
Falch, who won this title in Den Haag last year and also won the ITU World Cross Triathlon Championship earlier this year, finished the course in 1:02:52 in the Paratriathlon Tri-5 category.
In the Tri-2 category, Falch’s countryman Christian Troger suffered a bike accident on the course but nevertheless finished in 1:18:23 to take gold and the European Championship title.
Juan Luis De Andres Muguruza won his first European Cross Triathlon title in the Tri-4 category, finishing the course in 1:15:16.
