Next August 26 and 27 from 9:00 a.m., Arrecife will bring together 160 of the best athletes of the moment in the international CrossFit championship, 'Lanzarote Summer Challenge' which celebrates its ninth edition. This Wednesday its official presentation took place in the Islote de la Fermina with the presence of Jacobo Medina, Juan Monzón, Yonathan de León and Juan José López, Councilor for Sports of the Arrecife City Council, María Martín, head of European Sports Destination product and the director of the championship, Carmen Vicente.
A whole spectacle of live sport where the emotion of this discipline will test the most complete athletes, who will have to demonstrate their strength, endurance, balance and speed in the most demanding tests, in the categories RX, for the sports elite, Master +35, Intermediate and Scale.
In the words of Jacobo Medina, "we are proud that Lanzarote is the epicenter of sports, on this occasion with this sports discipline that is placing the island in the place it deserves." Medina added that "from the tourist point of view we are seeing how Lanzarote is known for CrossFit and I want to highlight that it is precisely in the capital and El Reducto, an emblematic place from a natural and tourist point of view."
In addition, Juan Monzón, Minister of Sports of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, highlighted that it is an event "classified as one of the best CrossFit events", also highlighting the fact that "800 athletes have wanted to participate demonstrates the importance of this championship and the privilege of competing in this idyllic place," and "more and more women are encouraged to participate in this type of demanding tests."
“Classified as one of the best CrossFit events"
Yonathan de León congratulated the organization "for betting on Arrecife, our goal is to revitalize the city with healthy sports leisure and our intention is for it to continue for the next years with this and many other modalities." Committing to support in future editions by the Council, he added that "it is important that the city as a port has these tourist and sports enclaves that become a showcase for the world."
For his part, Juan José López, stated that "for Arrecife and for the sport of the municipality it is a pride that they choose the capital and specifically this enclave for the development of such an important test at an international level."
Carmen Vicente, director of the Lanzarote Summer concluded by explaining that "after very tough qualifying competitions the level this year is very high, we have renowned athletes who are going to give a lot of spectacle." He has also announced that the tests are going to be very novel, "we cannot reveal anything, because our tradition is that the participants do not know what they are going to face until the day before the competition, but we can advance that we are going to have a different element on the beach that is going to give a lot of spectacle to the people who walk along the avenue, something unique that has never been done in the national scene" as well as tests of great strength, speed, endurance and agility.
After the resounding success of the last edition, this year the event will once again have two luxury locations, the Islote de Fermina and the Playa de El Reducto. This is the greatest attraction of this unique and different test, which combines the most spectacular CrossFit exercises with surprising aquatic tests and challenges in the sand of the beach of the capital of Lanzarote. On this occasion, in addition, the Lanzarote Summer Challenge 2023 has reserved novel tests that the participants will discover during the competition and new wod formats, both in sand, as in the tapestry or water. The most demanding tests, only suitable for the best and a spectacle for the attending public.
The competition will feature this year with the best 160 athletes chosen among the 800 presented to the online pre-selection, in which they had to face tough qualifying tests. Top-level athletes from all over Spain, England, Portugal and Italy. Among them are names such as Bryan Hernández from Lanzarote, or Andrea Valenciano from Guadalajara, both attending this year the Semifinals CrossFit Games, the most important sporting event of this modality worldwide. Also that of the Granada native Diego Jiménez, Top20 worldwide in the Master +35 category and runner-up in the Wodapalooza Fitness Festival.
There will be 32 judges, 40 volunteers and 30 professionals among technicians, organizers and communication managers will be part of this ninth edition that promises all the live spectacle of one of the most attractive disciplines of the moment, in a unique natural setting, the Islote de la Fermina and the Playa de El Reducto, iconic places of Lanzarote.