The Alava Patxi Peula has finished off the work of the Spanish team in the Ibagué World Skating Championships (Colombia). His silver medal in the 10,000 points is joined by a gold, another silver and three bronzes for a Spanish delegation that has finished fifth in the general medal table. The winners, with 56 medals, were the hosts. It is the eighth medal in the history of Peula in the World Cups. The Vitorian was unfortunate in the track events where he finished 20th in 10,000 eliminations, eighth in 1,000, eighth in 10,000 points / elimination. The pandemic has made it very difficult for him to train on the track, which is why he has specialized more on the track. He was fifteenth in the 15,000 elimination and fifth in the marathon but where he made the mark was in the 10 kms score.
Patxi Peula, who was the standard-bearer in the inaugural parade, has been contesting World Cups since 2003. First as a youth and junior and, since 2006, as a senior. Two golds, four silvers and two bronzes are his record in the World Cups. In the European Championships he accumulates 33 medals in the senior category and 5 more in the junior category. In addition, he has been a continental champion four times. “For me it was an honor to be the flag bearer of the team. In the first days I fought for medals on the track but in the end I got it on the circuit. The organization of the World Cup has been quite good but we have noticed that it was competing at a high altitude. It is a pride to continue adding medals at my age because I have been competing at the highest level in the World Cups and the Europeans for 18 years. It is a pity that it is not an Olympic discipline because I think this sport meets all the conditions to be one. It skates on all continents and, moreover, more and more, “the skater assured Diario AS.
