Valencia increased her legend with her twenty-eighth women’s club title

He Valencia Club Athletics enlarged his legend and added his twenty-eighth Spanish club championship title in female categoryafter winning this Sunday in the final of the Iberdrola League played at Vallehermoso stadium in Madrid ahead of Playas de Castellón, second, and FC Barcelona,​​​​​​

The Levantine team, which has only surrendered the crown three times in the last thirty-one years, won the victory with a total of 129 points, more than three in Playas de Castellón, second with 126 points, and eleven in FC Barcelona, ​​third with 118.

A victory that Valencia could not prove until the last test, the final 4×400 meters, which Levantes reached with a four-point advantage over Playas de Castellón.

The difference that the Valencian team was able to preserve despite being relegated to the long relay event with a time of 3:35.94 minutes in third position behind FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​first with 3:33.50, and Playas de Castellón, second with a mark of 3:35.90 minutes.

A result that allowed Valencia, with seven wins, to reaffirm the title they won last year in the Alicante town of La Nucía, when they beat Playas de Castellón by just 2.5 points, which, like happened this Sunday in Madrid, he had to live. for second place.

If at group level Valencia Club Atletismo is the great winner, at individual level all the spotlights are focused on the walker Maria Perez (Valencia), who after setting a new world record in the 35-kilometer event in May, signed this Sunday the best world record of the year in the 5,000-meter walk with a time of 20:36.31 minutes.

The woman from Granada, fourth in the 20-kilometre event at the Tokyo Olympics, once again showed her superb form after lowering the best course record to date by 18.69 seconds, the 20:54.90 achieved by the Australian Jemima Montag last March in Melbourne.

Also noteworthy is the performance of Laura Redondo (Barcelona) who set a new championship record in the hammer throwing event with a mark of 71.01 meters, one centimeter more than the minimum -71.00- required by the Spanish Federation to participate in World Cups which will be held next August in Budapest.

Minimum World Cup where one of the great stars of the event, the sprinter from Playas de Castellón, should continue Paula Sevillewho won the 200-meter final with a time of 23.10 seconds, a new championship record.

A competitive record they have also achieved Maialen Axpe (In San Sebastían) in the pole vault, after signing a best attempt of 4.45 meters, and the Cuban roxana gomez (Beaches of Castellón) in the 400 meters, after winning with a mark of 50.75 seconds.

Remaining brands to which the Venezuelan from FC Barcelona will be added, Yulimar Rojasthe current Olympic and world triple jump champion, who in his first outdoor competition of the year rose to first place in the world ranking of the year with a mark of 14.96 meters.

Rojas, universal record holder of the test with 15.74 meters, exceeded by twelve centimeters the best world record of the course so far, the 14.84 meters achieved by the Cuban Leyanis Pérez on May 28 in Rabat. That the Venezuelan, who trains in Guadalajara under the command of the Cuban Ivan Pedroso, made only two correct jumps, enough to win, establish a new championship record and sign the best world score of the year.

For their part, Atletismo Alcorcón and TenerifeCajaCanarias achieved promotion to the Division of Honor of the Iberdrola League, after occupying the first two places in the First Division final played this Sunday at the Vallehermoso stadium in Madrid.