2024-08-07 21:10:40
The day we have been waiting for has arrived! In its presentation this was the first round and the Luis Grijalva result in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the 5000-meter flat race.
With all the excitement in Guatemala, fans got up early to be able to watch the runner from Chapin, who participated in his second race Olympic Games. Below we tell you how he did in his heat and why he couldn’t qualify for the final of the competence in Paris. How cool!
Paris 2024: Luis Grijalva’s result in the 5000 meters
In the early hours of Wednesday, August 6, 2024, the Guatemalan corridor came out in heat 2 of the test of the 5000 meters flatwhere he faced 19 others competitors who sought to make their best time.
Since the beginning of the carrera Grijalva continued to close the groupdoing the first 1000 meters in a time of 3:07.3. By the time 3000 metros He was placed in the fifth and fourth position of the group con 8:52.0.
In both last laps of the competence he Guatemalan He was among the leaders, in sixth place, looking for that exact moment to finish. However, he was unable to react and due to the imprudence of a cameraman on the penultimate lap, he was unable to get into the lead. best placeso he did not enter among the first eight places to classify the Grand finale.
Grijalva finished in it 16th place with a time of 13:58.81. The winner of his heat It was the Norwegian Jacob Ingebrigtsen with a time of 13:51.59, who led the 8 of that group who will be in the grand final where the American Grant Fisher was placed, in the fourth position with 13:52.44; the only one from America.
According to Guatemalan Olympic Committee (COG) At the end of the test a appeal due to the cameraman’s carelessness, but this was unsuccessful. «After the jury reviewed the images of the incident, they unanimously concluded that the appeal does not proceed.».
5000m Flat Classification
After the dos heats of the first round It was decided who will be the 16 runners (8 of each heat) that will compete for the medalswhere the Guatemalan will not be able to be, who in Tokyo 2020 also advanced to the Grand finale and was located in the position 12.
The race for the medals will take place on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at 11:50 a.m. Guatemala time, with one of the last athletics tests in the Olympic joustsin which all the aficionados Athletics fans will be keeping an eye out for the best middle-distance runners.
The medical diagnosis of the runner
Luis Grijalva He arrived in Paris as the world number 6 according to the ranking mundial of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in the 5000-meter race, but an incident prevented him from improving that position.
According to the National Athletics Federation after the crash with the cameramanthe Guatemalan was unable to recover and «hurt his left leg». In addition, the COG reported that together with the Coach Karl Wurzbach They determined that due to the blow «He suffered severe pain in his hamstrings, which limited him for the rest of the race.».
Guatemala traveled with a delegation of 16 athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024, of which three selected are still in competition, the two pentathletes Sophia Hernandez y Andres Fernandezjust like him marathonist Alberto GonzalezHow cool!
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