A ‘pink tide’ of 32,000 runners floods Madrid in the Central Lechera Asturiana Women’s Race

MADRID, 7 (EUROPA PRESS)

The Serbian athlete Ivana Zagorac has led the ‘pink tide’ of more than 32,000 women who have participated this Sunday in Madrid in the 19th edition of the Central Dairy Asturian Women’s Race 2023, coinciding with Mother’s Day.

At the start, the largest pink ribbon in history was displayed, an initiative of Banco Santander, and homage was paid to the marathon runner Clara Simal and the soccer player Virginia Torrecilla, with the presence of the Olympic champion in badminton Carolina Marína, who sponsored the proof.

The ‘pink tide’ has completed a little more than 7 kilometers from Serrano street to Paseo de Camoens in the Parque del Oeste. After crossing the finish line they have joined Natalia’s concert and a spectacular one-hour fitness festival. In addition, Mother’s Day has been celebrated with a tribute to the marathon runner Clara Simal, mother of three children, and who has lived her best season in 2023 with her personal brand. More than 50% of the participants are mothers.

Soccer player Virginia Torrecilla, a cancer survivor, also received the tribute at the start, along with Carolina Marín from Huelva, Olympic gold medalist in badminton in Rio and ambassador of Banco Santander, who also displayed the biggest pink ribbon in the history (symbol of the fight against breast cancer) in the starting area.

The race was resolved in a sprint between the Serbian sisters Ivana and Sladjana Zagorac and the very young Silvia Rey Veiga. Rey attacked in the first kilometer and led the race until almost the end, when the Zagorac sisters gave chase. In the end, Ivana took victory with a time of 24:07, followed by Sladjana and Silvia Rey, third only three seconds behind them. Behind them, Teresa Urbina, fourth, and Sara Reimondo, fifth, crossed the finish line. The first mother to finish was Katherine Ortiz (25:58).

At the start, the largest pink ribbon in the history of Spain was displayed in an initiative of Banco Santander, 50 meters long, and carried by the ‘pink tide’ minutes before the start. Carolina Marín has been the godmother of this new edition and has given the start and participated in the tributes at the start together with Begoña Villacís, vice mayor of Madrid; Mar de Vicente, from the General Directorate for Equality of the Community of Madrid; and Alicia Martín, General Director of Sports of the Madrid City Council.

The test will make a final contribution to the Spanish Association Against Cancer of 75,000 euros. As a novelty, in the registration process the option of donating an extra amount directly to the Association has been given. In addition, it will continue to support three foundations focused on protecting women in different fields: Wanawake Mujer, Fundación GEICAM and Clara Campoamor. Pulseras Rosas will also be present at the Runner’s Fair cutting pigtails and donating wigs to the most disadvantaged women.

The runners have also had the opportunity to acquire up to 100 100% solidarity bibs in favor of the Sandra Ibarra Foundation. Likewise, it is also possible to collaborate with the rest of the local projects in each city, and voluntary donations can be made in the same way to the other eight local projects in all types of registrations.

The Z Zurich Foundation continues its cooperation for yet another year with the Central Lechera Asturiana Women’s Race through Zurich Seguros, one of the sponsors of the circuit. In Madrid, she will contribute one euro for each woman who has crossed the finish line for the Sandra Ibarra Foundation.

The Women’s Race also helps to make visible the fight against gender violence. All the participants have worn the same number, 016, the telephone service number for victims of gender violence, and which does not leave any trace on the telephone bill. Among the priority objectives is the effort to incorporate women of all ages into the regular practice of sport, fight against cancer and raise awareness of the importance of prevention, as well as promote healthy lifestyle habits to avoid it as far as possible. as possible, and combat gender violence and the social and educational inequalities suffered by women.

In 2023 the Spanish Association of Metastatic Breast Cancer will also be in Madrid. The #laMquefalta movement, launched by the* Daiichi Sankyo-AstraZeneca Alliance and the Spanish Association of Metastatic Breast Cancer (ACMM), calls for action by citizens, companies and institutions to make the metastatic stage of breast cancer visible and raise awareness society about this disease. The conversation about breast cancer is incomplete without talking about metastasis, and it is currently little known by the population. With this movement we want to have a special impact on the peculiarities, the approach and the needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer that affects more people in our country every year.

In the case of the Women’s Race in Madrid, the participants will be able to collaborate, within the +SOLIDARIAS campaign, with El Hogar De Las Niñas, an NGO that supports 200 tribal girls living in extreme poverty in India (more info at www.elhogardelasninas.org).

The Central Lechera Asturiana Women’s Race 2023 is sponsored by Central Lechera Asturiana, Oysho and Banco Santander. Together with them is Marlene, TotalEnergies, Zurich Seguros, Daiichy-Sankyo AstraZeneca, ElPozo Bienstar and Nestlé Fitness and local sponsors in Madrid: Ahorramas, Centro de Patologia de la Mama-Fundación Tejerina, Institutos Odontológicos, Norauto, Bio-Oil and SeidLab . With the collaboration of the Madrid City Council and the Community of Madrid.