HERE WE FIND THE BEST FOR TRAINING

Duarte Marques, is a national champion triathlete born in Rio Maior, walk for several years in the international elite. In the past week-end (10 and 11 September) was the best Portuguese Cup Final at World Elite, in Beijing, China. He was 21st obtaining a significant rise in the ranking of Olympic qualification. Duarte Marques therefore continues to fight for a spot in the Portuguese team for the London Olympics in 2012, his major goal for the coming months.

He began in the Rio Maior Swimming Pools. For many years often trains in the Sports Complex under the guidance of their coach Jose Mario Ribeiro. After several years studying in Lisbon, he returned to Rio Maior and bet on high-triathlon competition. He returned to his hometown because "it offered no place better than Rio Maior. A 50-meter pool and an athletics track and excellent roads for cycling. "In this interview, Duarte Marques also makes reference to the Sports Centre services, the medical services in physical therapy that also qualifies as excellent. "Here we find the best conditions. In Portugal there know the best place to Rio Maior, "he concludes.

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