Santurtzi ends the hegemony of Hondarria in the Flag of the Concha

Santurtzi ends the hegemony of Hondarria in the Flag of the Concha

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The vizcaños have only reached Hondarribia in 48 centuries to achieve their room. In the female category, Arraun Lagunak has achieved his first triumph (Image owned by the eitb.eus)

Santurtzi went back to the second length that brought a disadvantage to the decisive second day of the Flag of La Concha, overcame in two seconds its maximum rival, Hondarribia, and ended the hegemony of the main favorite that came to win the last three titles in the capital Gipuzcoana.

Zierbena and Santurtzi, at the exit of the bay to the open sea, would take over, but they found an unexpected rival, Donostiarra, who had made an incredible time in the first batch and marked the best records to risk the flag to the components of this band of honor, who also had to compete against this unexpected circumstance.

Orio lost a foothold in the first length, Santurtzi, Hondarribia and Zierbena entered and came out of the cipher in which, surprisingly, the best time continued to mark him from the first round a Donostiarra that began to believe that the miracle was possible.

Final general classification male category (Image owned ed la eitb.eus)

The return remained as equal as the one-way, the four boats in a few seconds, Santurtzi and Hondarribia in tenths and with the obligation to tighten a little more so that Donostiarra did not take the flag.

Hondarribia, an expert in managing such situations, kept the best for the end, increased his pace to move Zierbena and fight with Santurtzi in a final esprint worthy of an athletics test.

However, Santurtzi would press in the final meters where Hondarribia paid for his effort and the viscées managed to move their rival in just over 2 seconds, to go back and get an epic victory at the last moment.