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Artola and Dario want to wear their first txapela in the Manomanist final

The grand final can be followed live by kirolakeitb.eus and ETB1, which will be the eighth in 11 years.

GRAFCAV4073. PAMPLONA, 27/05/2026.- Los pelotaris Iñaki Artola (d) y Darío Gómez se han mostrado satisfechos con la elección material, que se ha llevado a cabo este miércoles sin problemas, de cara a la final del Manomanista de este domingo en el Navarra Arena. Los finalistas se han reunido en el pabellón frente a una treintena de aficionados para probar las pelotas seleccionadas y ver qué tal cuajan en este frontón, que se espera que llegue prácticamente al aforo completo dada la expectación que genera en el mundo pelotazale la competición reina. El delantero de Baiko ha sido el primero en probar el material de la mano de José Ángel Balanza y se ha mantenido paciente a la hora de escoger las que más le convenían, al punto de que ha apurado el tiempo permitido de prueba. Después, ha sido el turno de Gómez, acompañado por Jon Apezetxea, seleccionador de material de Aspe. Apenas ha dudado y en poco más de dos minutos lo ha tenido claro. Las pelotas han sido de 104,3, 104,8, 105,4 y 105. EFE/ Jesús Diges

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2026/05/30 - 13:50

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2026/05/30 - 13:50

This Sunday, Guipuzcoano Iñaki Artola and Riojano Dario Gómez will have the opportunity to enter the list of Manomanista champions. One of them will get to wear his first txapela in the highest category. Thus, in the final that will be played in the Navarra Arena he will have a champion not seen so far, the eighth in 11 years.

Artola will try to take away the bad tasteof mouth that she had left last year,\ u00A0 after losing the final to Jokin Altuna (22-19). But at the same time, her runner-up status allowed her to avoid this year's qualifiers. Alegia's lostto Larrazabal (17-22) started the championship, but she was able to turn the situation around, beating Peña II (22-19) in a very annoying fight and beating Zabala (22-16) on the last day.

The Baiko made the pass to the final by giving an exhibition in the semi-final against Unai Laso, witha score of 22-13.

On the other hand, Dario had to win the prize to be in the league by eliminating Elordi (22-6) 8th Final Qualifiers. His streak continued in the quarterfinals as he beat Jaka (10-22) on the first day and Altuna III (22-8) on the second day.

In the semifinals, he didn't slow down and gave a show by beating Larrazabal 22-8.

So the Manomanist will have a new champion and the txapela will go to Alegia or Ezkarai.