Athletics World Cup | A stellar Adri Ben goes back to the final of 800 in Budapest

2023-08-24 21:58:18

The World Cup semifinals of the two laps of the track are practically a lottery and you have to be in very good shape and aware of all the details to stand in the finals. And in those fights he has repeatedly shown himself to be an Adrián Ben teacher.

The Galician was the only one of the three Spaniards who got the ticket for the final of Budapest’23 on Saturday in a semifinal in which they failed to qualify despite competing wonderfully neither the Spanish record holder Saúl Ordóñez nor the young talent Mohamed Attaoui.

Ben returned to emulate the great Russian Yuri Borzakovski in the Athens’04 Olympic final as well as in the series in another example of the confidence he has in his chances. As in the series, he placed last in a dizzying series ‘house brand’ of the British Max Burguin, a position he continued to occupy when passing through the 600 before emerging as a giant to second place with 1:43.92, mark staff as well.

European indoor champion, the Galician will fight to improve his historic sixth place at the Doha’19 World Cups or fifth at the Tokyo Games. “I don’t even want to hear about positions or forecasts for the end. We are already there, I am strong and that is the important thing, “she assured with her usual talkativeness and sympathy.

Before, Saúl Ordóñez had had a remarkable career and he lacked the last push in the straight to catch the Algerian Sedjati and was third with 1:44.74, 25 hundredths of the pass. AND Benjamin Mohamed Attaoui (21 years old) was second half of the final stretch to end up giving in and being fifth with 1:44.35… he lacked only 12 hundredths.

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The one who had it almost impossible was the Catalan Jaël Bestué in a 200-meter semifinal in which he shared a series with the hectometre champion Sha’Carri Richardson, with the runner-up Shericka Jackson and with the Ivorian Maria-Josée TaLou.

In fact, neither the personal best (22.50) nor even the historical national record of the Spanish-American Sandra Myers (22.38) ensured her a chimerical pass to the final and, despite the fact that she competed very well, the emerging Barça player she finished fifth with 22.60. Semifinalist in 100 and 200Now he must lead the Spanish 4×100 relay.