The Spanish women’s 4×100 relay, European leader of the year

The women’s 4×100 relay placed as the leader of the year in the European rankings with a record of 43.06 in Ibero-American athletics meeting in Huelvawhere there was a great performance by the national under-23, who set two national records in the category and three European minimums.

The quartet formed by Jael Bestue, Paula Seville, carmen marco and Paula Garcia He chained some great posts to achieve success. Second is the Spanish team B (44.66) and third is the Colombian team (45.04).

For their part, they achieved the best Spanish brands of the year Enrique Llopis, who reappeared with victory in the 110 meter hurdles after his accident in the final of the European indoor track with his second best mark ever (13.39). He also starred in the best national performance of 2023 carla garcia in the 400 meter hurdles (56.97) and Inaki Channel in the 400 (45.56).

As for the Spanish athletes in the under-23 category, they showed their faces in Huelva and shone. Yaniel Brayan Sotero showed his power, taking the discus in 64.68 meters to also win the event and also breaking the previous under-23 record of Daniela García, who ran the 800 meters in 2:00.58. She broke Esther Desviat’s record, which was almost 20 years old. With them, the score required for the European Championship in Spoo (Finland) was achieved by Markel Fernández (45.97) -he won the series B- and Carmen Avilés 400 (52.73), as well as the discus thrower Manuel Anxo Garcia (56.77). .

The public from Huelva also witnessed four meeting records. They were signed by the American Tara Davis-Woodhall in the longitude (6.85 meters), the Cuban Cristian Attany Nápoles in the triple (17.10 meters), the athlete of Brunei Salwa Eid Naser in the 400 (49.78) and the Finnish Viivi Lehikoinen in the 400 meters. hurdles (54.40).

The other Spaniards fought for victory and signed a creditable second place. In the 400 meters Iñaki Canal, runner-up in Spain, finished second with 45.56, the best Spanish brand of the year, in a one-on-one in the final stretch with the Olympic and world runner-up, the Colombian Anthony Zambrano, who took the victory with 45.52 . Third was Belgian Dylan Borlee (45.94) and European champion Óscar Husillos had to settle for fourth (46.13).

In the 1,500 meters, Spaniard Águeda Marqués (4:09.56) fought to the end for victory, not beating Ethiopian Tigist Girma (4:08.58). British Revee Walcott-Nolan finished third (4:09.86).

María Vicente, second in length

For foreign victories, the American Tara Davis-Woodhall, who is one centimeter behind the world leader of the year, with 7.07 this year, showed herself on the blue track of Huelva, but did not achieve her goal . In return, he broke the meet record on his first attempt, clocking 6.66, after which he publicly bowed out.

He surpassed the record of São Tomé and Príncipe jumper Agate de Sousa, who in 2021 marked 6.48 meters. He then went further on his next two jumps, with 6.71 and 6.85. After clearing two jumps, he closed out his competition with a 6.81.

After the American, the Spanish María Vicente, national combined record holder, came in second, getting 6.50 at the start and two nulls and then 6.49.

Cuban vaulter Cristian Attanay Nápoles broke the Meeting record with a jump of 17.10 meters, surpassing the mark set in 2012 by Spaniard Vicente Docavo with 16.72 meters.

Second was Olympic finalist Yasser Triki, from Algeria, with 16.92 meters and third was Frenchman Benjamin Compaore with 16.53 meters.

In the women’s 400 meter hurdles, Viivi Lehikoinen achieved the second best European brand of the year and the Finnish record with 54.40, a record which was also the record for the Huelva meeting.

In 49.79, he broke the record of the Huelva meeting and set the fifth best world mark of the year of the athlete 400 from Brunei Salwa Eid Naser, world champion in 2019, who achieved a powerful victory.

In addition, he was recognized as the best athlete in the competition. The first three positions were completed by the South African Miranda Charlene Coetzee (50.90) and the Polish Anna Kielbasinska (51.29).

In the 1,500, after many alternatives, the Portuguese Isaac Nader, current Ibero-American champion, won in a great final stretch, with 3:34.00 completing the minimum for the World Cup in Budapest and placing in the ten best Europeans of the year. He was recognized as the best male athlete of the meeting.

Saúl Ordóñez, who finished second, was the best Spaniard, fifth, with 3:35.78. After him, Spanish U23 champion Mohamed Attaoui achieved a personal best and the third European in his category with 3:36.12.

In the 5,000 metres, Kenyan Cornelius Kemboi claimed victory with a strong change of pace with 150 meters to go, finishing with 13:14.81. Second is Eritrean Abderezak Suleman (13:17.89) and third is Spaniard Abdessamad Oukhelfen (13:18.39).

In the 3,000 obstacles, Kenyan Lawrence Kemboi Kipsang won the sprint, who in his fifth participation in Huelva achieved victory in 8:22.20. Second with two hundred more was Moroccan El Mehdi Aboujanah (8:22.22) and third was Portuguese Etson Barros (8:23.30). Fourth and best Spaniard was Sebas Martos from Jaén (8:24.76).

In the 800 metres, Kenyan Vivian Chebet Kiprotich put herself sixth best in the world this year with a new personal best of 1:58.80 as she dominated the Huelva track. Second and third were Cuban Sahily Diago (2:00.02) and Portuguese Patricia Silva (2:00.07).

Lorea Ibarzábal crossed the finish line with a time of 2:00.17, the fourth Spanish mark of all time and a personal best, while Daniela García, sixth with 2:00.58, broke the Spanish record in under 23 and ranked third in Europe in its category.