BTT Loulé/Elevis won 12 individual medals and the title for teams in H50, in the National Championships of long and medium distance in Off-Road Bike Orienteering (OriBTT) that took place this weekend, on November 13th and 14th, in Santiago do Cacém.
The competitions were organized by the Clube de Oriente and Aventura do Litoral Alentejano (COALA), with the “V Costa Alentejana MTBO Trophy” being held in parallel.
The MTB Loulé/Elevis was represented by a mixed team of 11 athletes, divided into the levels of D15, D17, H17, D Elites, H40 and H50, in a competition that was attended by 106 participants.
The long distance of the race took place on Saturday, November 13th, in an area with loose sand, which «has made progress difficult and required extra attention to avoid falls», says Clube BTT Terra de Loulé.
The average distance took place on Sunday, the 14th, on a route with more climbs in which the athletes' physical condition ended up making the difference.
The athletes of BTT Loulé/Elevis «achieved good results, highlighting the victories in long distance in D15, D Elites and H50, by Bia Correia, Marisa Costa and Duarte Palma, and in middle distance, in D15, H17, D Elites, D40 and H50, by Bia Correia, Artur Mendonça, Marisa Costa, Rita Gomes and Duarte Palma.
The remaining athletes of the team achieved the following results: in the D17 level, Lara Batista won 2nd place in the DL and 3rd place in the DM; in the H17 category, Artur Mendonça got the 4th place in the DL; and in D40, Rita Gomes did not go beyond the 3rd place in the DL.
In the H40 category, José Marques got 3rd place in the DL and 4th in the DM and Alex Liberato the 15th place in the DL and 12th in the DM; in H50, Helder Faísca got 11th place in DL and 13th in DM, Fernando Pontes was unclassified in DL and 21st in DM and Luís Limas won 19th place in DL and MP in DM.
Mountain Bike Orienteering «returns for the year with new challenges that will soon be announced», concludes Clube BTT Terra de Loulé.
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