This weekend we celebrate Spanish Short Track Championshipa competition that is in its 60th edition and will be the prelude to the two main international events that end the winter track season: the final of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold in Madrid and the World Indoor Track Championships in Glasgow.
The Championship will take place in the Galician city of Ourenseon the covered track Exposurewhich is hosting this event for the third time in the last 5 years (2020, 2022 and 2024).
The most prominent figures of Spanish athletics will be present at this event. Maribel Perez and Jaël-Sakura Bestué They will star in an interesting generational duel in the 60m. Paula Seville will be looking for his fifth title in the 200m, while Daniel Rodríguez will be looking for a sixth title in the men’s category.
The 400m will have a national record holder Oscar Husillos and the three-time champion Lucas Buaand the 800m will see an early international final with the presence of Mariano Garcia, Adrian Ben and Mohamed Attaoui.
In the women’s 1500m the great national dominators will once again face off over the distance, Esther Guerrero and Martha Perez. In men, spectacle is guaranteed in the presence of Adel Mechaal and Mario García Romo.
The 3000m deserves a separate paragraph, which will have the recent national record holder of 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000 meters on an indoor track, Martha Garciawho will try to keep his sweet moment against the Segovian Águeda Marqués.
It is also worth highlighting the 60m hurdles test, which will have two of the best Spaniards in the field face to face: the record holder Quique Llopis before the head of the year Asier Martinez.
Schedule of the Spanish Short Track Championship 2024
It starts the test friday in the afternoon, starting at 3 pm, and extending until Sunday February 18th.
How to follow the Spanish Short Track Championship live
The Spanish Short Track Championship will be broadcast on RTVE Play and Telesport. In addition, the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation will offer streaming through its YouTube channel.
Source: La Verdad
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