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This past weekend, the newly refurbished athletics track Cartagena City has released a high-level competition, the Championship of Spain XX Regional Federations Combined Events, and the Championship of Spain of Veteran Athletes in the same mode.

In this Championship have come top four regional federations in Spain, whose athletes, in addition to dispute this title, have had the opportunity to be part of the team representing Spain in the European and to be the representative men and women at the Games Latin American, this year held in Argentina.

During these two days of intense athletics, conditioned by rain and bad weather, have brought together some fifty athletes.

Among the male teams, the Galician side was ahead of the teams in Catalonia, Valencia and Murcia.

The athlete Cartagena José María Gómez Peña, the UCAM Cartagena and Murcia team member, came in third place individually with 6,815 points.

Andalusia also in women, it was superior to the teams from Valencia, Catalonia and Madrid.

Councillor for Sports, Alonso Gómez, with director general of Sport, Antonio Peñalver and regional president of the athletics federation, Rosendo Berenguier, have attended most of the rounds of the championship.

MUNICIPAL COURT ATHLETICS

Councillor for Sports, Alonso Gómez, stressed during the presentation of new municipal facilities track athletic place it among the most modern in the entire region.

Since its opening in 1986, he said, has been made in her 14 competitions over 200 national and regional.

After its renovation, will be able to host international events.

The works have cost around 300,000 euros, half of them contributed by the Autonomous Community.

Among the new features, has installed an artificial turf outdoor street, adjacent to the street 8, for continuous running and endurance.

In addition, we applied 4,500 square meters of pavement top layer synthetic track, new electrical wiring, a new long jump pit, a new circle and new cage and new launch pad for pole vault.

Improvements have also occurred in the locker room with a complete makeover, inside the grass, paint fences and also purchase of sports equipment.

For the president of the Athletics Federation of Murcia, Rosendo Beregüí, Cartagena track is one of the most profitable sports and social is the whole region, since it is used daily by athletes and schoolchildren.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena