The Navarrese Asier Martínez has qualified for the final of 110 meters hurdles in his first outdoor World Championships with a mark of 13.26, while the Valencian Enrique Llopis He was left out with a time of 13.44.
By brands of the season, Asier was fifth in the second semifinal with 13.29 and Llopis seventh in the third with 13.42. Only the first two of each race and two more for times passed to the final.
The disciple of François Beoringyan He had already played, at the age of 22, several international finals, both in the Olympic Games (sixth in Tokyo) and in World and European Indoor Games. This was his first outdoor world championship and he had made a promising debut, winning his series with 13.37.
Asier started slowly down lane 6 (141 thousandths, the second worst), but he exhibited his characteristic again progression to second with 13.26his best record of the year and qualified to play the final two hours and 25 minutes later.
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Llopis, trained by Antonio Puig, did not succeed. He came out better than Asier (113 thousandths), but his trajectory was the opposite. In the second half of the race He was losing positions until finishing last with 13.44.
No one fell below 13 seconds in the semi-finals, although the defending champion, the American Grant Holloway was very close in the first (13.01).