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David Sellés will kick off and there will be prizes in all categories

The III Swimming Crossing Heartbreak Benidorm will be held one more year at Levante beach

17 July 2019
La III Travesía a Nado Heartbreak Benidorm se desarrollará un año más en la playa de Levante

The third edition of Heartbreak Benidorm Swimming Crossing organized by Finisher Sports Club with the collaboration of the Benidorm City Council, has been presented today in the capital of the Costa Blanca. The swimmers will visit next Sunday, July 21, from 9.00, 2.900 meters of open water in a sporting and festive event that every year gains more followers.

The Councilor for Sports, Mariló Cebreros, accompanied by the coordinator of the trip, Fabián Villena, and the head of security of the race, Gabriel Ruíz, have presented the journey this morning for which 350 athletes have already registered, exceeding in a hundred the number of participants of the second edition. "The departure and arrival," said Cebreros, "will be carried out next to the Torrejó municipal building." It is "a linear round trip parallel to the beach" with which I am sure we will enjoy the swimmers and all the public that comes to entertain themselves with the event ".

For his part, Fabián Villena recalled that the initiative arose from "a habitual meeting of swimming friends who stayed on the beach, in front of the Torrejó" and that it is intended to "have fun" and, regardless of the competition, "to do something different that evidences the collaboration between the world of sports and leisure "in a city like Benidorm.

Villena thanked the support of the City Council, and also the companies that have opted for the crossing, such as, among others, the Heartbreak, the local Levante that gives its name to the event, or the Yacht Club that makes available to Finisher, Gabriel Ruiz pointed out, "two boats with rescue and support personnel that will accompany the swimmers" during the tour, "along with the zodiak of the Beach Unit of the Local Police" who will also follow the course of the race from one of your drones The organization will also have 30 kayaks.

World champion of watercraft, David Sellés, will be in charge of giving the starting signal. After the test, the trophies. There will be a prize for the absolute winners, three in the different categories and an additional one "to the most outstanding swimmer in the judgment of the organization", Villena pointed out, pointing out "the spirit of competitiveness and leisure that presides over the event". Gabriel Ruíz has highlighted the ecological respect of the beacon, always on sand in one of the most emblematic beaches in Europe.

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