Quique Llopis closes the season with second place in Zurich

the valencian Quique Llopis is the negative opponent of Istanbul Indoor European his cold fall in the final of the 60 hurdles sent him straight to the hospital, but he managed to finish first and close out the season in Zurich with a prestigious second place with 13”31, one hundred off his personal best.

“These days after the World Cup, I trained very little. I’m very tired, but the score is very good and I’m happy to end the season like this”, he explained to Corredor after flying over the legendary. Letzigrund Stadium.

Llopis, who continues to grow championship after championship at the age of 22, was left in the final of world of Budapest despite equaling his personal best of 13.30, he was second in the European Teams of Silesia and champion of Iberoamerican.

“In the first hurdles I still went through with a little respect, but in the following ones I recovered. This is something that I have been solving little by little in training with the help of my psychologist”, confessed the Spanish hurdler, still affected by that spectacular fall that, beyond the physical damage, left him with mental scars.

“I have to compete with a lot of confidence. There is very little chance that a fatality like that will happen to me again and with that spirit I face each outing with more calm,” he added. The Swiss Jason Joseph won very well with the support of his audience with 13’08, but Llopis left satisfied with the way he competed and will take three weeks off before returning to continue training thinking about in Paris 2024 Games.

Llopis will have plenty of competition in the 110m hurdles, with an expected return of Orlando Ortega -silver at the Rio 2016 Games- and asier martinezworld bronze and European gold in 2022.