Double medal for Spain in the European marathon in Munich

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The happy women’s marathon team with their silver medals. / efe

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The women’s team has achieved silver and the men’s bronze after two very solid performances

Igor Barcia

The Spanish marathon teams have added the first medals of the European Championships in Munich. The women’s team has achieved a brilliant silver medal, while the men’s team has won bronze after two very solid performances, led by Marta Galimany (11th) and Ayad Lamdassem (6th). Aleksandra Lisowska and Richard Ringer have been the individual champions after two exciting finals, with a handful of athletes fighting for the medals in each event.

The first final of the European Championship was resolved with the second collective place for the team made up of Galimany, Irene Pelayo, Elena Loyo and Laura Méndez. The Catalan, the Spanish with the best record of the participants, has traveled in the leading group in the first half of the marathon, while Loyo from Alava has adopted a more conservative tactic and has remained in a second group.

In the final stretch Galimany has fought to get closer to the top ten, while ahead of the dance of positions the Polish Lisowska has resolved it with an attack two kilometers from the end that has led her to gold. But from behind, the Croatian Matea Parlov has come back to take the silver, while the Dutch Brinkman has achieved a very difficult bronze.

Ringer’s comeback

In the men’s category, Landassem, Dani Mateo, Yago Rojo and Jorge Blanco have been embedded from the start in a leading group that has lost units on the way to kilometer 30. Landassem, the best mark of the participants with that Spanish record of 2.06.25 , moved the race in minute 36 with an attack to which Terefi, Petros, Ayale and Navarro responded, but shortly afterward the German Ringer came back and reached the avant-garde group.

Ringer and started shooting to leave Landassem without options, who threw in the towel in 41st and had to settle for sixth place. Ahead Teferi has attacked in search of victory together with Parlov, but the German has sunk and on the other hand a Ringer has resurfaced who has asserted his athlete’s top speed of 10,000 to overtake the Israeli one hundred meters from the arrival.

In the rest of the first day of the morning, Carlos Tobalina has been eliminated in the weight classification, while Eusebio Cáceres and Héctor Santos have won the pass to the long final, as well as Belén Toimil in shot put.

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