Llopis, 800 stars and Hervas shine on Ana Peleteiro’s hangover day | Relief
Madrid dressed up for the last major meeting of Spanish athletics before the summer’s two biggest competitions – the Spanish Championships in La Nucia at the end of June, which will determine the Spanish team for the Paris Olympics in August. Ana Peleteiro started out as a headliner and a great star day and night, but a day of physical hangover after her European gold a few days ago in Rome left her in the background, second to France’s Guillaume with a modest 14.36m.
The one who also arrived in Vallehermoso with a medal hanging behind Rome’s European past was a Valencian. Quique Llopis, who met Lorenzo Simonelli again, who only a few days ago took continental gold from him. Today, in Spain, the Italian lost the plus of the Olympic Stadium and Llopis. installed at 13.21″ marking. Asier Martinez finished in third place with a score of 13.33 inches.
Mariano Garcia was one of the best news stories of the day.. The Murcia man returned to competition after recovering from an injury that prevented him from defending his 800m title at the European Championships in Rome, with an impressive final run that saw him win the B final with a good shot. 1:45.26. Thus, La Moto joins the large list of the Spanish G8, which next week will receive tests Spanish citizens at the Spanish Championships in La Nucia, where three Spanish places will be allocated.
But in the final A he had an answer from Adrian Ben, who achieved his best time of the season in the final night test of 1:44.41, dipping below the psychological barrier of 1:45 just weeks before challenging for a place in Paris. Another person who managed to pass below the red line of her test was a resident of Madrid. Laurea Ibarzabal, a year later again dropped below two minutes and broke his personal record on the same track 1:59.80. Her training partner Lorena Martin also beat her best time with a great time of 2:00.33.
The women’s 400m was another piece of good news. Madrid Blanca Hervas flew in the B final, lowering his personal best by one and a half seconds: from 53.07 inches this season to 51.68 inchesWhat are they Spain’s fifth best record in history. Additionally, Carmen Aviles also achieved her best result with a score of 52.16 inches, as did Eva Santidrian, who did the same with a score of 52.23 inches. Berta Segura, until this Friday the only Spaniard to go under 52 seconds, clocked a good 52.13 inches in the A final. In the men’s competition, Iñaki Cañal had his best time of the year with 45.68 inches, 33 hundredths of the RFEA minimum for Paris Games.
In speed Jael Sakura Bestue won the 100m final. woman with an excellent score of 11.19 inches (MMT), while Paula Sevilla won the B final against the rest of the Spanish celebrities with a score of 11.41 inches. In the men’s hectometer, the best national player was young Abel Alejandro Jordán with a time of 10.26″.
The final part of the competition featured the main middle distance finals. First at a distance of 1500 meters, where Esther Guerrero finished second behind Briton Courtney-Bryant and Agueda Marquez third., just eight hundredths of the minimum RFEA for an Olympic event. Because the woman from Segovia stayed so close, she had to cry into the tartan fabric. The male had it Javier Miron finished second. after the Frenchman Romain Mornet.
In the 400 meter hurdles, the presence Sarah Gallego, who achieved her best result of the season with a score of 56.81 in her third race after two years away from the slopes, in a race won by Kemi Adejoya and Daniela Fra as the best Spanish woman, fourth with a score of 56.13. In the men’s category, Sergio Fernandez took third place with a score of 49.20.
In the international section, world record holder at a distance of 400 meters. Wade Van Niekerk She closed the distance to win by 20.29 inches over her South African compatriot Akani Simbine in the 200m. For her part, world champion in hammer throw, Canadian Camrym Rogers He fulfilled his favoritism by breaking the meeting record, reaching 77.76 meters.
All results of the Madrid 2024 meeting.