The Anfi Mogán Open Water Gran Canaria swim has crowned its champions, who have crossed the finish line on the warm beach of Anfi del Mar after battling the Atlantic with massive applause from open water lovers.
Unbeatable, Eduard Mannanov has once again dazzled on the Mogan beach as the new King of the Anfi Mogán Open Water Gran Canaria in his queen test of 9.200 meters, with a time of 1 hour, 55 minutes and 45 seconds (1h 55' 45”) , at the heart-stopping pace of 1:15 for 100 meters. The fastest to cross the finish line was Ainhoa Santana Flores, who overcame her open water challenge with a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes and 17 seconds (2h28'17”).
The beach has become a great sports festival to welcome swimmers to the coast, surrounded by warm applause, music and the best sports atmosphere, a perfect atmosphere to open the 2023/2024 season with blue skies, the idyllic landscapes of Mogán and the unique temperature of this warm refuge of eternal spring in the middle of December.
After the undisputed leader Eduard Mannanov, with a brilliant season this year, Enrique Mata Díaz followed him in the 9.200 meter challenge in second position, stopping the clock with 2 hours, 4 minutes and 7 seconds (2h04'07”) and Fernando Tellez Echeandia with 2 hours, 10 minutes and 35 seconds (2h10'35”) as third place.
In girls, Ainhoa Santana Flores opened the women's finish line of the 9.200 meters followed by Juana Núñez García with 3 hours, 12 minutes and 13 seconds (3h12'13”), with Cristina del Pazo to close the podium in third place. most demanding test of the Anfi Mogán Open Water Gran Canaria in 3 hours, 36 minutes and 08 seconds (3h36'08”).
With 270 participants, three starts and a sporting spectacle to close the year with sport, the swimmers of the 5.300 meters have been led by Álvaro Cabrera Winter, who has been the fastest to complete this distance in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 46 seconds (1h12'46”), closely followed by Martín Julio Suárez Pérez, with 1 hour, 13 minutes (1h13'00”) and Víctor Manuel García Fierro, who finished the podium with 1 hour 13 minutes and 8 seconds (1h13'08”
In the female category, it took Elena Sarmiento Guerra 1 hour, 25 minutes and 34 seconds (1h25'34”) to reach the finish line on Anfi del Mar beach, on a podium in which she was accompanied by Morgana Fábregas Flores with 1 hour, 28 minutes and 45 seconds (1h28'45”), and Virginia Medina Suárez with a total time of 1 hour, 33 minutes and 20 seconds (1h33'20”).
The fastest modality of 2.000 meters has received its champions in just half an hour, with Ciro Gutiérrez Ascanio setting the pace as the fastest with 29 minutes and 13 seconds (29'13”), followed by Willy García Jiménez just a few seconds then at the finish line with 29 minutes and 20 seconds (29'20”), and Israel Yánez Rodríguez with 31 minutes and 17 seconds (31'17”).
In the female category, the champion was Yessica Hernández Castrillo with 30 minutes and 22 seconds (30'22”), with Paula Romero Basterrechea with 30 minutes and 36 seconds (30'36”) in second position, entering alongside young Noa Gómez Gautier, with 30 minutes and 36 seconds (30'36”).
The Anfi Mogán Open Water Gran Canaria has experienced an afternoon with sport, music, and the most privileged landscapes of Gran Canaria to support swimmers from all over the world with a journey that is more popular every year, bringing together various nationalities and which they have enjoyed. of the magical sunset in Anfi del Mar with a welcome party for the Open Water Series season, which kicks off today with 18 events in the national territory.
