More than 260 athletes (130 men and 120 women) from 42 countries will compete this Saturday (5:03 pm, Teledeporte and Esport3) in International Meeting of Catalonia from Sabadell and around thirty of them will do so with the intention of qualifying for Glasgow Indoor World Cup (March 1-3) or add points that will bring them closer to Paris 2024 Games.
It will be a great opportunity to see the season premiere of some of the main references of Spanish athletics such as Esther Guerrero, Adrian Ben, Oscar Husillos, Mariano Garcia, Jaël Bestue, Jaime Guerra, Águeda Marqués, Eva Santidrian, Fatima Diame, Tessy Ebosele, Lorea Ibarzabal, Lorraine Martin, Xenia Benach either Mohamed Attaoui.
In last year’s edition, 42 of the participants in Sabadell also competed in the European Championship in Istanbul, showing once again the potential of this competition driven by Catalan Athletics Federation. In addition, the Sabadell City Council will submit to the plenary the approval of the name change of the facility (currently Pista Coberta de Catalunya) in Carme Valero Covered Courtin tribute to its most famous athlete, who died on January 2 at the age of 68.
One of the most anticipated events of the afternoon was the men’s 1,500m, where Adrian Bencurrent European indoor 800m champion, will face one of the greatest talents in Spanish athletics, Mohamed Attaouiwho at the age of 21 is already a world semi-finalist in the 800m in Budapest. Isaac Nader, a Portuguese athlete based in Soria, is also one of the contenders to follow along with Ethiopian Melese Nberet. The presence of Mariano Garcia “the motorcycle”, who will compete in the 800 against high-level international athletes such as the British Guy Learmonth, the Moroccan Abdelati El Guesse or the Ugandan Tom Dradriga.
The women’s 1,500m will also offer a good rivalry between the two Esther Guerrero and Águeda Marquéstwo international runners with Olympic aspirations in Paris. Lorea Ibarzabal He will be the great reference in the 800m race with his training partner in Valladolid Lorraine Martin and both will be looking to start the Olympic season on a high note.
Another one of the athletes that will attract all eyes is the Italian Larisa Iapichinowho at 21 years old is the long jumper with the greatest projection in the world and will face the great Spanish dominators Fatima Diame and Tessy Ebosele. The competition can be followed live from 5:03 pm on Teledeporte and Esport3.
Source: La Verdad
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