Euskaraz irakurri: Oihana Kortazarrek marka berria ezarri du Teide mendatera igo eta jaisten
The Gipuzkoan athlete Oihana Kortazar She is the holder of the new record for ascent and descent of Teide (Tenerife) with a time of 6 hours, 41 minutes and 18 seconds, about twenty minutes faster than the previous record held by the Dutch woman. Ragna Debats.
“I have given everything and I have tried until the end because this challenge was not only mine, behind there was a team and I had to squeeze myself”, he valued Kortazar after achieving the feat.
A new record time to crown and descend the 3,718-meter mountain in Tenerife and a total distance of 54 kilometers, from El Socorro Beach (Los Realejos).
She reached the top of Teide with a time of 4:17:13 hours and, after a brief recovery, the Salomon athlete began the descent that would take her back to the starting point in 2:24:05 hours “very long-suffering” .
Kortazar he had to face a total of 3,928 meters of positive elevation gain and several sprained ankles. “I thought I couldn’t finish because the sprain was strong, but normally when I do these sprains I continue for a few metres, it warms up and I’m able to finish. The truth is that I have seen the challenge in danger”, he assessed.
The one from Elgeta has signed the record after surpassing the records established by Ragna Debats in 2021 (7:01:49), Emelie Forsberg in 2017 (7:06:06:) and Theresa Nimes in 2014 (8:25:38).
Source: Eitb
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