Esther Guerrero won the 1,500 meters event at the Zagreb meeting

The Spanish athlete Esther Guerrero once again showed his ability to compete and won this Sunday with a victory in the final of the 1,500 meters of the meeting of Zagreblast stop of the continental gold circuit, with a time of 4:02.88 minutes.

A mark that allowed the woman from Bañolas, who this year has a best time of 4:00.13, to reduce by almost half a second -0.47- the meeting record held by Australian Linden Hall with a time of 4: 03.35 minutes. had to settle this time with second place behind the Spaniards.

Five places behind, in seventh position, finished Leonese Marta García, who reduced her personal best by more than a second and a half, after setting a time of 4:05.61 minutes in the Croatian capital.

Equally outstanding was the performance of fellow Spaniard Ibrahim Ezzaydouni, who achieved a brilliant second place in the final of the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 8.16.78 minutes, his best mark of the season.

A record that was not enough to prevent the success of Tunisian Ahmed Jaziri, who won with a time of 8:14.93 minutes.

Chepkoech world record

In the same meeting, the Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech set a new world record in the 2,000 meter steeplechase event, after winning this Sunday’s meeting in Zagreb, the last on the continental gold circuit, with a time of 5:47.42 minutes.

Chepkoech, currently the world runner-up in the 3,000 hurdles, reduced the previous universal record held by German Gesa Felicitas Krause by 5.38 seconds with a time of 5:52.80 from 2019.

A world record to add to the one already held by a Kenyan athlete in the 3,000 hurdles where Beatrice Chepkoech leads the all-time world classification in 8:44.32 minutes which she set in July 2018 at the Louis II stadium in Monaco