Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca), Nov 15 (EFE) .- Salamanca athletes Álvaro García and Lourdes Lobato have been the winners of the III Race for Diabetes held today in Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca).

In total, according to the organization, 800 people who have participated in this ten -kilometer career have been registered to raise public awareness about the importance of fighting diabetes disease.

Álvaro García won the Esprín to the Francisco Civico corridor and the third place in the male category went to Santiago Asenjo.

In the women's category, the athletes Pilar Pérez and María del Carmen Collado entered behind Lourdes Lobato.

The test has complemented with a five -kilometer children's career and with a "healthy walk" of another five kilometers in which several hundred children and adults have participated.

A minute before the departure gun was given, the mayor of Ciudad RodrigParis.

The diabetes career has been the colophon two weeks of activities organized in Ciudad Rodrigo by the Mirobrigense Association of Diabetes to raise public awareness about this disease.