2023-09-16 23:46:40
Updated Saturday, September 16, 2023 – 23:46
He snatches, after 38 years, the Spanish mile record and Ingebrigtsen, on the verge of dethroning El Guerrouj
Garca Romo celebrates, in 2021, his victory in the 1,500m of the European sub 23GETTY championship
It took 38 years for the Spanish mile recordthe oldest of our athletics, would no longer belong to Jose Luis Gonzlez. In Oslo, on July 27, 1985, the Toledo native ran 3:47.79. And it was in Eugene, in the Diamond League final, where Mario Garca Romo has sculpted some new numbers: 3:47.69. Garca Romo, fourth in a race prepared for Jakob Ingebrigtsen to break the world record for Hicham El Guerrouj (3:43.23), finished in fourth place.
The Norwegian stayed on the edge of the Moroccan’s record. His 3:43.73 is, of course, a European record and the third mark of all time, after the second by Kenyan Noah Ngeny (3:43.40). The American Yared Nugusewith 3:43.97, also went below 3:44.00.
Paradjically, in the same way that there is pride but insufficient provision of Ingebrigtsen enhances the figure El Guerrouj, García Romo’s triumphant also elevates that of González, raised on the slopes in times not as technologically advanced (courts, shoes, etc.) as today. The mile is not an Olympic distance, but it enjoys immense prestige in the Anglo-Saxon and Nordic world. González at the time and now García Romo make Spanish athletics participate in that prestige.
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