Stone lifting

The two harrijasotzailes zarauztarras prevailed in the winter finale of the "Harri Herri" held in Aia. Both were very pleased with the result and started the year with the txapela. 

The individual finals of the Kirol Herri were played yesterday in Asteasu: Ainitze Zumeta and Urra dominated by picking up stones, while Mikel Larrañaga and Oihana Fernandez de Barrena led the axe. 

Gari Garmendia has just won the first txapela of the Basque Country Great Stones Championship, which has been the first great unenjoyed txapela, according to Garmendia.

The Idiazabal stone lifter gets his first cap with a total of 7,100 pounds raised. "The last week I've had a really bad time mentally," the new champion explains. "I've been physically very well prepared, but the last week I've dropped everything, I don't know what happened to me, I haven't enjoyed anything today," he adds.

"The last two weeks have been very long for me," the Ituren stone lifter confesses after getting the feat. "I've had a really bad time at home, turning my head around; in the penultimate training I made three attempts and didn't lift any," he stresses.

On the fourth day of the Popular Sports League, the most contested session to date, the team made up of Julen Alberdi, Jon Gisasola, Uxue Ansorregi and Patricia Martín, team B, has won the second place.

On the third day, on Monday in Alegia, Osa, "Urra" Astondoa and Larrañaga have outperformed the team of athletes, who have added a point. In the ranking, the winners already have 18 points.

The second day of "Kirol Herri" has been as spectacular as it has been convulsive. In the individual work, the team of Larrañaga, Pikabea,  Lopetgi and Osa has advanced 3-1. In the doubles, Lopategi and Osa have taken the two points.

On the second day of the winter "Harri Herri", Jokin Eizmendi has matched the mark of Xabat Olaizola. Beñat Telleria and Gorka Etxeberria have received 9 and placed third and fourth in the classification. In the female category, Lierni Osa has scored the best, 13 lifts, one less than Maddi Gesalaga.

Paulo Azpiazu has just decided to leave the stone uprising because of injuries and other duties of his life.

The stone lifter, who was born in Bergara but has lived in Estella since he was seven years old, has acknowledged that "I don't carry the stone in my blood, only to devote myself to it in the 100." "I want to spend more time on mine," he added.