Kirol Herri is back. This second edition will bring together 30 athletes, harrijasotzailes and aizkolaris. This year's edition also comes with the novelty that they will perform first individually and in the spring by teams. The individual competition will begin on October 12 in Gernika and four more tournaments will be held.
The Euskal Selekzioa has won two more medals in the World Cup. The under-23 girls have won the silver medal and the 540 kilogram women's team has won the bronze medal.
The Basque shooters did well in the final against Germany, but in the end they couldn't win the gold and had to settle for silver.
Estefania Etxebeste has made history. The harrijasotzaile of Ituren has succeeded in matching the previous record of 163.4 kilograms held by Idoia Etxeberria. With 165 kilograms of stone, he has failed in his first attempt, but the next two attempts have been valid. It is the heaviest weight a woman has ever received in the stone uprising.
Laukiz's team has been the only Basque team to have passed the group stage in the 540 kilogram category. Mutriku and Goiherri have been on the verge of getting among the top four. The Basque teams have collected three medals.
Gaztedi A has been silver and Goiherri A bronze in the 560 kilogram male category. The two Basque teams have been measured in semi-finals and Gaztedi has qualified for the final, but has not been able to win gold for the third time in a row. The Laukiztarras have lost the final in two runs to the German Simonswald tade.
Ainitze Zumeta announced on her social media that she was quitting stone lifting after she was injured in 2024 and has been competing with back pains since then until her body told her to stop, now her main goal is to recover well.
Iker Vicente won the Gold Cup for the sixth time in the Trinity Square. Ochagavía finished in 31 minutes and 47 seconds.
In the Trinity Square of San Sebastián we have had an important annual meeting of the harrijasotzailes: the Ulia and Igeldo Stone Championships. In the male category, Mikel Lopetegi Urra has re-validated last year's victory. He has given 18 lifts to the Igeldo Stone.
After a one-year standstill, the Basque Pentathlon is back. This year, 14 athletes will compete with each other. The qualifier will be played on Saturday in the village square of Villabona.
In the bullring of Tolosa, the final of the Euskal Duathlon was played, in which Julen Alberdi "Txikia IV" was imposed, with a time of 22:44, improving last year's record. Ibai Soroa was second with a time of 25:20 and Xabier Zaldua third with a mark of 27:08.
11 athletes, including last year's champion, Julen Alberdi, Xabier Zaldua, Eneko Saralegi and Ibai Soroa, will compete in this mode that combines axe and running, a show that ETB1 and Kirolakeitb.eus will offer live from 5.30 p.m.
The first semi-final of the Basque Duathlon will be played this weekend, on Saturday at the Berastegi School Hall at 5 p.m. and the second at Euskadi Square in Zumarraga on May 23.
The Albizuri team won the men's final of "Harri Herri" after being defeated by the harrijasotzaile of Etxauri. Oskar Aguas, Jon Gisasola, Mikel Lopetegi and Xabier Aranburu Osoa made 28 lifts to the clumsy stone.
The Albizuri team has won the fourth edition of Harri Herri by defeating Etxauri in the men's final. In the last group work session, Oskar Aguas, Jon Gisasola, Mikel Lopetegi and Xabier Aranburu Totahave made 28 lifts to the clumsy stone.
The Otsagabian aizkolari has won second place in the World Cup Speed Test in Australia. Interviewed by EITB, we have stated that he came to the competition very well, but he has faced "great aizkolaris."
Under the leadership of Captain Udane Ostolaza, the group of stone lifters Estefania Etxebeste, Eider Garcia Durana, Sara Jimenez de Aberasturi and Alba Zubiria have carried out 47 lifts on the clumsy rock in the final and decisive session.
