2023-08-23 12:29:42
The elimination series of the women’s 800 meters have led to the elimination of Lorea Ibarzabal, Daniela García and Lorena Martín, who in one way or another have paid for the dictatorship of the brands in a test that has grown exponentially in part thanks to the new shoes. Nothing to do with the men’s series, in which the trio formed by Adri Ben, Saúl Ordóñez and Mohamed Attaoui qualified for the semifinals this Thursday.
The first to come out was Lorea Ibarzabal, the only one of the three with a mark of less than two minutes. (1:59.88) that placed her fourth of the year in her series (three more times passed the three best times of the seven races). And the woman from Madrid was never comfortable to end up off the hook with 2:06.33. Her series was won with 1: 59.53 by the prodigious British Keely Hodgkinson, who opted for the podium with well-founded arguments.
Spectacular Spanish ‘full’ in the 800 men’s series
“I had no strength. I think I have not known how to manage the pressure and nerves of a great championship. It has also been a very long season and it has been hard for me these last few weeks, but we were in good shape. I have not felt good at the start and it has seemed eternal,” he told the Spanish media in the mixed zone.
“Passing 400 I wasn’t going strong and it’s a shame for my family, my parents and my friends who were in the stands. I was going empty and it made me angry that I couldn’t be fighting. It’s been a bit of everything, the pressure of being here for the first time and that there are so many eyes on me”, added Ibarzabal.
At just 21 years old, the Balearic Daniela García arrived as European champion sub’23 and his mark of 2:00.58 had been surpassed this year by five rivals. And the truth is that she competed well, but she lacked a little more drive on the straight and finished seventh, dropping 2:01 for the third time in her career (2:00.92) with the Kenyan Mary Moraa first, another of the candidates to the medals (1:59.89).
“I have enjoyed it and it has been an unrepeatable experience, because I am never going to experience my first World Cup again. What makes me happiest is having felt part of the race. In the counterclockwise I wanted to advance, but it could not be. It is very complicated recover positions with these rivals and In the end I have seen myself strong and I have pushed, but they have pushed more than me”he commented with overwhelming naturalness.
With Pachá cherries on one of her earrings and with a four-leaf clover on the other, the youngest of the trio considers the season to be over, “because it’s time for me to rest in my last year of sub’23. My next goal is to go under two minutes, but it couldn’t be. So I leave something for next season, which is a very nice goal. I’m going to the island! I want to go on vacation somewhere, but I’m very familiar and what I want is to go home.”
Finally, Lorena Martín aspired to a “miracle” after a season and a half stopped due to a serious injury and the truth is that it was the closest to qualifying, but a touch from the Brazilian De Lima in the last corner when she was progressing stopped her dead. Despite this, she finished fifth with 2: 01.25, 33 hundredths of a classification that the South American achieved.
“I can’t ask for more. I started in March and being here… In three years I have had surgery twice and from here to Paris anything can happen to me, good or bad. The three of us can be in the semifinals, but today it didn’t come out and that’s it. I plan to run until mid-September and would love to get under two minutes. I think I’m worth a high 1:59, because when I did 2:00.39 (sixth mark of the year in his series) I wasn’t training that well, but it has to come out. We’ll see…” she commented.
“The race that I wanted was to be involved until 600 and I have not wasted energy. I knew that if I went out there I would have options, but they have stopped me. In the end you are running with aunts of 1:57 and when you have one change they have two. In addition, the one I had was cut off in the 650. If they let me make that change, I think I would have gotten third,” added the woman from Salamanca.
By the way American Athing Mu He dispelled doubts by taking a sovereign walk displaying her majesty with a hip height that turns her legs into something endless, as happens with the Catalan Yulimar Rojas in the triple jump. She won the heat from her in 1:59.59 and…she comes top to bottom. She is the current Olympic and universal champion.
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