Between 16 to September 23 have been concluded "XV European Championships Lifesaving" in municipal pools and Monte Tossal Postiguet Beach in the nearby city of Alicante.
Competition was first developed by national teams with the participation of twenty European countries and then by clubs, with the presence of 63 clubs, most notably, in addition to Spanish, German entities, British, Dutch, Italian, Polish, French , Belgian and Swedish.
In the inter-club competition is to highlight the performance of the athlete Satorres Jorge Huertas, porpoise Club Murcia, Murcia belonging to the Federation of Lifesaving, which has won the gold medal in the test called "Flags" (Beach Flags ).
In the above test, competitors, after leaving lying face down in the sand, stand, turn and run about 20m.
to get a flag vertically buried in the sand.
We proceed to eliminate one or two athletes in each race to be the last undefeated.
This time our athletes had to eliminate 106 opponents in a total of 34 rounds.
Source: Agencias