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The III eDreams Marnaton Cup starts off with a bang after this Saturday’s successful Marnaton in Barcelona (I Marnaton eDreams Barcelona). The event took place in Catalonia’s capital and was received with a lot of enthusiasm both by locals and tourists, with over 700 swimmers participating in the challenge and a great number of curious visitors stopping by to experience the excitement first-hand. Even the sun played its part, and the warm water temperature of 17 º C persuaded many brave individuals to go swimming without a wetsuit!

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Results

The open water event, sponsored by Marnaton and the Barcelona Swimming Club, gave participants the option of signing up for individual (men & women) or team challenges, where they had to cover a stretch of 2 km off the beach of San Sebastian.

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For the women’s individual swimming challenge, 121 swimmers participated. The first swimmer to reach the finish line after less than half an hour was Esther Nuñez (00:25:57), followed by Minerva Pujol (00:28:03) and Elisenda Llorens (0:28:17).

Over 320 advanced swimmers participated in the men’s individual swimming challenge, with Damian Blaum winning the race (00:25:02), followed by Gerard Morato (00:26 : 15) and Alberto Juidías (0:26:31) .

Out of the 48 teams that signed up for the team challenge, Radikal ( Esther Nuñez , Suñer Miquel , Alex Amoros y Dani Serra) ( 1:51:23 ) won the first prize, with Natación Club Barcelona (Blanca Oliveres , Arxe Ines , Maria Cerezo y Gerard Morato) (1:51:23) and Los Batavos (Elisenda Llorens , Jordi Herrera , Didac Iglesias y Alejandro Flores) coming in second and third .

At the end of a very long and exhausting day, all participants were invited for an after party at Barcelona´s Swimming Club – a great way to conclude the successgful start of the III eDreams Marnaton Cup!

The next challenge – II eDreams Begur

The III eDreams Marnaton Cup continues on June 9th with the II Begur Marnaton (II Marnaton eDreams Begur).

Make sure you don’t miss it! 

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