The second appointment of Diamond League sa birminghamwhich brought together eight Olympic champions, left a good performance of the Spanish athletes, who were at the beginning of their training in the open air.
Mo Katir shone at 1,500 with the most popular second position, asier martinez was third in 110 hurdles and the three Spanish women in 5,000 beat their personal best, including Carla Gallardo (15 “10” 62) which sets the fourth best national performance of all time.
Mo Katir returned to the top of the competition leaving a very good impression after finishing second in the 1,500 in Birmingham, just behind the world leader of the year, abel kipsang. The Murcian, who was very comfortable in the top positions throughout the race, surrendered to Kenyan power in the final in a row, but ended up completely satisfied with his second place with a time of 3’35 ”62.
Katir, who skipped the indoor season to fully prepare for two major outdoor events this season in Oregon World Cup and the Munich European, is in the initial stages of its preparation. In this test, Adel Mechaal He is sixth with 3’35 ”66 and Ignatius Fontes He finished tenth with 3’37 ”66.
Asier Martínez also left a good sensation at Alexander Stadium in his third position in 110 hurdles with 13 “32, only tenth of his personal best and in his first career of the season. Navarrese finished as the first European of the race. and once again showed signs of his great competitive character against the best hurdlers in the world with a very strong last 50 meters of progress.
At 5,000 m, the three Spanish representatives took great advantage of the opportunity to run to a meeting of the highest international level and arranged their participation to a personal best. Carla Gallardo is the great star in her eighth position with 15’10 ”62, the fourth Spaniard of all time just behind Julia Vaquero, Loli Checa and Marta Domínguez.
In addition, Gallardo is just a few hundred miles away from achieving the minimum time to attend the Oregon World Cup, set at 15’10 ”00. For her part, Marta García finished in 11th position with 15’28 ”55 and Cristina Ruiz was 14th with 15’34” 49.
The 800m indoor world champion, Mariano Garcia, did not have his best day, but he competed as planned as he was in the early stages of his preparation outside and after spending several days off work affected by covid. Murcian was last at 800 in Birmingham with 1’48 “77 and the European Championship as her main goal of the year. At 1,500, Marta Pérez was sixth with 4’07” 93, in what was her first season competition.
One of the day’s great performances in Birmingham was seen at the discus throw where Czech Kritjan Ceh dominated the test with 71.27 meters. At length, German Malaika Mihambo also shone in her first outdoor competition with a flight of 7.09 meters. The 100 speed kings are local star Dina Asher-Smith with 11 ”11 and Canadian Aaron Brown with 10” 13.
The next stop for the Diamond League is on May 28 in Eugene, on the same track where the World Cup will be held this summer and which has already been confirmed by big stars like Marcell Jacobs, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jakob Ingebrigtsen their presence.o Timothy Cheruyot.
Source: La Verdad
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