European Champion! Ana Peleteiro conquers Rome and is already dreaming of the Paris Games | Relief

Ana Peleteiro warned that her critics, those who attacked her with racist insults as soon as she landed in Rome for wearing the colors of Spain, would have to stand before the national anthem played in her name, and she complied. The Galician never fails, even when things get tough, and She was declared European champion with a best jump of 14.85 m. and in her athletic career she demonstrates once again that no one competes like her in her moments of glory.

A first jump 14.37 meters Leaving no more and no less than 21.8 centimeters in the race, she took first place and almost secured a sure medal. Please note that before the start of the competition Brands of the season have pointed to the Galician as the main favorite for gold with her 14.75 m and 37 centimeters, she was ahead of the second highest jumper of the other participants, Bulgarian Petrova (14.38 m).

In the second round of jumping, it was time to confirm that she is one of those athletes who competes in a special way, she improves as the competition goes on and she is not overwhelmed by pressure. Immediately after the grinder too Nacheva rose to 14.35 m.beating his personal best by 12 centimeters and missing his mark by just two centimeters, he improved his record in the heavy rain that intensified on the diving platform at the Stadio Olimpico: 14.46 m, again leaving more than 13 centimeters on the table. Ribeiro felt safe and the nights looked important. Only the storm and effective heel control prevented him from making a great jump on his feet.

The surprise came with the person responsible for closing the round: Turkish Tugba Danismazwho took advantage of the springboard prepared in the Italian capital to go, when no one was expecting her, to 14.57 m destroy your mark and break your country’s national record. We had to push and Peleteiro did it., although still not enough with a jump of 14.52m. confirming that she was progressing and causing most of the stands to continue to believe that she would be the final winner.

He’d done this too many times and it only took the first step of improvement to break it all. A flight that almost filled his eyes with tears 14.85m, his second best after the distance of 14.87 m, which brought him the Olympic podium three years ago, and, of course, the best since she gave birth to her daughter Lua.

The meeting after the jump with his coach, multiple champion Ivan Pedroso, was marked by emotions. They flew together again and wanted more. With gold in his pocket, all that was left was to fight for the historic jump of over 15 meters. He didn’t qualify, but is already laying the seed to qualify for the next Olympic Games in Paris, where he will start as one of the big favorites for gold.

This Peleteiro’s seventh medal at major championships and second in Europe after bronze in Berlin 2018. The gold adds to the Olympic bronze in Tokyo, the world indoor bronzes at Birmingham 2018 and Glasgow last March, as well as the continental indoor gold and silver with which they round out their record.