2024-06-13 22:59:02
All six of our athletes, who entered the finals of the European Championships in Rome, are already in locations on the planet rating, which ensures them a spot on the Olympics in Rome.
Ours should defend their factors till June 30, after which World Athletics will publish the quotas.
In Paris, our six representatives could be Alexandra Nacheva, Gabriela Petrova, Mirela Demireva, Tihomir Ivanov, Bozhidar Saraboyukov and Plamena Mitkova.
Mitkova completed the Europeans for us with seventh place within the ladies’s lengthy soar in one of many strongest finishes in historical past.
Plamena jumped 6.80 meters, which is one of the best achievement for a Bulgarian girl within the historical past of European championships and solely 8 centimeters wanting the quota for Paris. Nevertheless, in each the qualification and the ultimate, she improved her private finest.
“If somebody had informed me that this end result could be for seventh place, I would not have believed them. I am a bit of offended in regards to the quota, however she confirmed an amazing mentality”, shared her coach Ivaylo Rusinov.
Bulgaria took twentieth place out of 48 nations within the factors rating with 19.5.
The title was gained by Mikaela Malaika from Germany, who additionally took house the bonus of fifty,000 euros within the leaping group from the European headquarters. She collected 1,275 factors together with her soar of seven.22 meters.
Within the males’s showjumping phenom Armand Duplantis confirmed pc precision, taking the title with 6.10m, simply the quantity he wanted to clear Spain’s triple jumper Fortune by a degree to take the prize. Duplantis cleared 610 cm, then made three unsuccessful makes an attempt on the world document of 625.
Karsten Warholm of Norway and Femke Boll of the Netherlands took the prize within the dash group.
Double champions Jakob Ingebritsen (Norway) and Nadia Batocletti (Italy) took the cash within the center and lengthy runs.
Within the throws, the cash was for Leonardo Fabri (Italy) and the legend Sandra Perković-Elkašević (Croatia). And within the mixed class – decathlete Johannes Erm (Estonia) and heptathlete Nafisatu Thiam from Belgium. (24 cups)