the greek Miltiadis Tentoglou kept his continental long jump indoor crown by adding a third consecutive victory in a European Championship in Istanbul (Turkey), after winning a final in which the Spaniards Jaime Guerra finished sixth.
tentoglou started the contest with a jump 8.30 meters which almost assured him gold, as later, as the only athlete to come close to that mark was the Swedish Thomas Montlerwho stayed on 8.19. The bronze went to the Romanian Gabriel Bitán together 8.00.
With this win, tentoglou extending a record that includes three gold medals at the indoor Europeans, two at the outdoor Europeans and one at the 2022 Belgrade Indoor World Cup.
The Barcelonan jamie guerra23 years old and current Spanish long-distance champion in indoor track, completed a great European in his international debut with the absolute Spanish team.
The Cornellá Athletic vaulter, trained by María Durán, made a better jump in the final of 7.84, sixteen centimeters from the podium. Term sixth.
“The balance is positive. I’m happy, I reached the final and I didn’t jump eight meters because my legs didn’t give me anymore. I took the final from Istanbul with an Olympic champion. We’re on the right track and I’m was very fun. I learned things and for the following I will have more experience”, said Guerra, at the end of the competition.
Other Spaniards in Europe, Iker Arotzena, was eliminated from the qualifying round by missing the top eight cut for the final. He finished eleventh.
Source: La Verdad
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