2023-08-26 08:46:15
Spain will end up on the noble floor of a medal table in which it continues to be second two days after the end of the World Cup in Budapest, only behind the United States, which dominates with increasing authority.
The four golds have come from the march (two from Álvaro Martín and another two from María Pérez) and there is also in the Spanish delegation the desire to get on the podium also at the National Athletics Center.
Las Loss of figures of the depth of Ana Peleteiro and a Jordan Díaz who hopes to debut next year in the Paris Games (both in triple), Asier Martínez (bronze last year in 110 hurdles) or Orlando Ortega (silver in the Rio Games in the same event) have further complicated that objective.
Fátima Diamé was sixth in length with Tessy Ebosele eighth and in 1,500 Mario García Romo was sixth with Adel Mechaal and Mohamed Katir eliminated in the semifinals.
Ben, no limits
The Galician grows in big events, as demonstrated by his sixth place in the Doha 19 World Cups, the fifth in the Tokyo Games or in his gold in the European indoor in Istanbul.
In addition, in the semifinals he lowered his mark by 20 hundredths (1:43.92) and It’s already a sub’1:44 along with Saul Ordonez (1:43.65), Kevin Lopez (1:43.74) and Antonio Reina (1:43.83).
“Don’t ask me for forecasts. I’m fine, I’m in the final and everything will be decided by details. I want to improve the sixth place in Doha and if possible, the fifth in the Games ”, he affirmed as expressive as always.
maybe with the Canadian Marco Arop as a great proper nameAdri Ben can opt for something big this Saturday at 8:20 p.m. if he controls the times well and arrives well placed in the last 60 meters, where he is a hurricane.
Katir, for the 5,000
The man from Muleño will have another opportunity this Sunday in the 5,000 meter final at 8:30 p.m. without the Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, who did not show up for the ‘semis’ after his third straight title in 10,000 in his more than possible farewell from the track to the marathon.
Related news
With Norwegian athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen as favorite and with more desire after his defeat against the British Josh Kerr in 1,500, Katir is qualified to fight with the Ethiopians Aregawi, Kejelcha and Gebrhiwet, the Canadian Ahmed or the Kenyan Kprop. Another Spaniard, the young rookie Ouassim Oumaiz will also be in the final.
He arrives with the fourth personal and year mark. “The past is the past. In 1,500 I was not well at the end, but you have to think about the future with the three ‘ces’ of Alcaraz (the number 1 in world tennis), who is from my land. Head, heart and balls,” he said..
#Athletics #World #Cup #Katir #Ben #nonblank #bullets