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Surgeon Patricia Martín Wins Euskal Herria Women’s Stone-Lifting Title in Mungia

Organizers are discussing a women’s 113‑kg stone category in response to the sport’s growing female field.

Overview

  • Martín totaled 5,387.5 kg to take the txapela in a final featuring eight of the top harrijasotzailes.
  • The format set three three‑minute rounds with a 75‑kg cylinder plus 62.5–63‑kg cube and sphere, with intense indoor heat adding strain.
  • Favorite Ainitze Zumeta fainted while leading and finished third with 4,975 kg, as Lierni Osa secured second on 5,050 kg.
  • The 40‑year‑old Hospital de Cruces burn unit chief balanced surgical duties with competition and said she finished bloodied and bruised.
  • Arabako Harri Eskola athletes Sara Jiménez de Aberasturi and Eider García Durana placed fifth (4,737.5 kg) and sixth (4,675 kg), underscoring a widening women’s pipeline.