This weekend, the mayor of Los Cabos, Óscar Leggs, accompanied by the representative of the governor of Baja California Sur, Víctor Castro Cosío, Carlos Castro Ceseña and other authorities, gave the starting shot of the Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos 2022, which achieved summoning 1,587 athletes representing 37 countries that participated in this triathlon, it should be noted that fifteen of them are proudly from Los Cabos.

The Ironman 70.3 Series is made up of a circuit of competitions that consist of half the distances of an Ironman, that is, 1.9km of swimming, 90km of cycling and 21km of running.

Demonstrating one of its greatest values, the Ironman has become an inclusive event as it included the participation of Jesús Gilberto Domínguez, a wheelchair swimmer, as well as Luis Jesús "Kechu" Montoya, who is an experienced runner in distances of background, as well as the Paralympic adapted tricycle cyclist, Rodrigo Nyssen.

It was in the Las Palmas Park in Cabo San Lucas where the award ceremony for the winners of the women's and men's categories was held, awarding the first place to the Swiss athlete Adriano Hengel Heart who managed to complete with a time of 3 hours 46 minutes and 34 seconds. For her part, the Canadian Rachel McBride took the gold in her category after completing the triathlon with 4 hours, 20 minutes and 36 seconds.

It should be noted that in the men's category, the second place went to the American athlete Trevor Thornton and the third place went to the Mexican native of the state of Zacatecas, Tomás Rodríguez.

In the women's category, second place went to Kylie Simpson from Australia and third place went to Mollie Hebda from the United States.