The best walkers meet in Madrid’s Gran Via this Sunday

The best walkers in the world will meet this Sunday, April 30, at Madrid’s Gran Via in dispute of II Finetwork Madrid International Grand Prix March, Cita de Campeones, trial framed in World Athletics Race Walking Tour circuit with the highest category (Gold) to be issued by LaLiga OTTopen and free for all.

The event, organized by the company G2O Publisport, has the institutional support of community of Madrid and the City of Madridand from this second edition it has a new main sponsor: it is the Spanish fiber and mobile company Finetwork, operating in the telecommunications sector since 2019.

ANDl II Finetwork Madrid International Grand Prix March, Cita de Campeoneswill again consist of three mixed races: one of 3km in the sub-14 and sub-16 categories (9:00 am), another of 5km in the sub-18 and sub-20 (9:30) and the 10km in the category absolute (10:30). It will take place in the approved urban circuit, 1 km long, on Gran Vía between Plaza de Callao and the telephone buildingGran Vía metro. The start and finish line will be located around the Plaza de Callao, and interested media can register at the Cine Capitol (Gran Vía, 41) between 8:00 and 8:45.

In this way, the heart of Madrid will once again tremble in the best athletic march in the world, after the success experienced in the first edition, held on May 16, 2022, where the great winners are the Swedish Perseus Kärlstrom and Chinese Shijie Qieyang.

Both will be looking to sign the double in the Spanish capital and will lead a truly lavish poster that will also feature other walkers of Chinese stature. jiayu yangthe Italians Massimo Stano and Antonella Palmisano —current Olympic champion of the 20km walk—, the Greek Antigoni Ntrimspioti —double European champion—, the Mexican Alegna Gonzalez, the brazilian Caio Bonfim or the Ecuadorian David HurtadoBesides others.

Spanish options

Regarding Spanish participation, highlighting names such as sa Diego García Carrera – technical director and ideologue of Finetwork Madrid Marcha International Grand Prix, Cita de Campeones–, and Raquel Gonzalezrunners-up in Europe over 20 and 35km, respectively, in addition to Laura García-Caro, Eva Rico, Paul McGrath and Marc Turthis last quarter in the 50km race of the last Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Garcia Carrera and Raquel Gonzalez in charge of conducting the presentation of the II Finetwork Madrid Marcha International Grand Prix, Cita de Campeones, in an action held on Monday at the WiZink Center in Madrid, in an action that also included the intervention of the CEO of Finetwork, Manuel Hernández ; the Deputy Minister of Sports of the Community of Madrid, Alberto Tomé; and the Councilor for Sports of the Madrid City Council, Sofia Miranda.

As García Carrera highlighted in the presentation, of the 80 participants in the absolute test (10km) of the first edition, eight won a total of 12 medals in the Eugene World Cups (Oregon, USA) and the Europeans from Munich (Germany)which undoubtedly speaks of the sporting quality of this Finetwork Madrid Marcha International Grand Prix, Cita de Campeones, which marks for the world ranking 20km march and where close to 10,000 spectators are expected next Sunday in Madrid’s Gran Vía.