Kipchoge sets record pace in a great year for Spanish athletics

2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds However, it is completely unimaginable that such a marathon During that time. At least, it is up to the act of Eliud Kipchoge. His mark of 2:01.39 at the Berlin Marathon four years ago inspired one of the great challenges in human sport: the impossible barrier of two hours over 42.195 kilometers.

Four years later, that obstacle is still impossible, but Eliud Kipchoge continues to show that the impossible also exists. Because the Kenyan, the man with full facilities ran 1:59:40 the magical distance (unapproved mark), who managed to fly again in his test with a mark for history: 2:01.09, thirty second markdown compared to his previous world record. The date of the deed is a September 25th and the meeting place, again is a city of berlin made the marathon ‘Mecca’ par excellence for big brands.

With a pace of 59:51 for the half marathon, perfectly supported by his team of hares in the first kilometers, Kipchoge and his body were left alone in the second part of the race to fight the limitations of his mind. He nailed partials from 2:50 to a kilometer 30 where he slightly lowered his pace and, despite the fact that he lost the option to drop to 2:01 in the last part, Kipchoge signed that reduction of exactly thirty seconds in respect of his previous universal record to extend his echo the legend.

The Kenyan chose to prepare this appointment and was not present at Eugene’s world which took place in July. This leaves the United States as the great dominator of a championship where there are many favorites such as Michael Norman in 400 meters, Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 5000, Mutaz Barshim in height, ryan crouser in weight oa Armand Duplantis who extended his legend with his first world title, with a universal record, in the pole vault. It was a magical year for him: he won universal, world indoor and European gold medals to complete his record in five major competitions.

In addition, his 6.21 in Eugene is, along with Kipchoge’s, one of two absolute world records for men to be broken in 2022. Among women, they also achieved four records. Sydney McLaughlin She was one of the queens of the World Cup with a huge 50.68 in the 400 hurdles which fell short of the 51.41 she had achieved a few weeks earlier at the American ‘trials’. tobi amusan He also flew in the 100 hurdles (12.12) in a year that further dedicated himself to Yulimar Rojas in the triple jump The Venezuelan started the year with a world title on the indoor track in Belgrade, with an absolute record of 15.74 meters, and was joined months later by the universal outdoor gold medal in Eugene to claim himself as the undisputed star of his discipline.

A good year for Spanish athletics

It is in a year with the Indoor World Cup, Outdoor World Cup and Outdoor European Championship. There are many opportunities to achieve good results for a Spanish athletics who graduated 2022 with a great taste in the mouth and stood on the podium in all competitions.

If there is one name that stands out above the rest of the Spanish athletes of the last twelve months, it is the asier martinez. With stripes after his new final at the Tokyo Games, Navarrese faces the year ready to put himself on the front line. He has done a lot. He started holding the medal at the universal championship in Belgrade in the 60 meter hurdles with his fingers, but he again made himself the best possible way in the next events. First, there is a historic world bronze in the 110 hurdles in Eugene, in a final that gave him the chance of his life after several false starts. That medal was his biggest encouragement to stand at the European Championships in Munich, lower his 13’17 World Cup to 13’14 and become hThe fastest man in Europe in his discipline.

The second Spanish World Cup medal was also the start of a double medal outdoors. Mohammed Katir he hanged himself universal bronze at 1500 meters in a race where he is in the fight for everything until the end. In a great state of form, Katir opened his international record after reaching the first row a year ago. He remained there a month later, in a munich european where he adopted a second medal with a silver at the same distancejust behind favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Asier’s gold and Katir’s silver They were two of the ten medals won by Spain at that European Championship in Munich. In total there were four golds, three silvers and three bronzes thrown in for a good performance in the walking trials. Together with Martínez, they express themselves European champions Mariano Garcia at 800 meters, alvaro martin in 20 kilometers or Miguel Angel Lopez at 35 kilometers in that discipline. In addition to Katir, they achieved silver Raquel Gonzalez in the 35 kilometer march and the women’s marathon team (Marta Galimany, Irene Pelayo, Elena Loyo and Laura Méndez). got bronzes Mario García Romo in 1500, Diego García Carrera in the 20 kilometer march and the men’s marathon team (Ayad Lamdassem, Jorge Blanco, Dani Mateo, Yago Rojo and Abdelaziz Merzougui).

With those medalists, he further lived his dream year Mariano Garcia. Before the summer season in the open air, the World Cup was held in Belgrade on the indoor track. In it, Mariano took out his motorcycle for the first time to proclaim himself the universal champion of his 800 meters and begin twelve months of madness with the only failure in the world championship. His indoor world golds, something that Manolo Martínez had only achieved in weight in a distant 2003, and the European outdoor made him one of his own merits one of the great stars of Spanish athletics in 2022 . That indoor World Cup left the second silver medal in the 4×400 meters achieved by Bruno Hortelano, Iñaki Cañal, Manuel Guijarro and Bernat Erta.

As usual, the year closed with a great championship of crossthis time with the European Championship in Turin 2022. And, as usual, Spain achieved a good handful of medals in a continental event. The absolute men’s team won bronze (Mo Katir, Abdessamad Oukhelfen, Carlos Mayo, Roberto Aláiz, Nassim Hassaous and Sergio Paniagua), the mixed relay (Jesús Gómez, Solange Pereira, Adrián Ben and Rosalía Tárraga) got silver, María Forero and the women’s team (Forero, Iraia Mendia, Antía Castro, María Viciosa, Marta Serrano and Inés Docampo) were declared champions of Europe under 20 and the men’s under 20 team (Jaime Migallón, Mario Monreal, David Cantero) , Aleix Vives and Eric Lore) hanged themselves. a copper.