Spain will come with a representation of twelve athletes (six men and six women) in Podebrady International Marching Meeting the next one April 6thwhere the national teams will also compete Czech Republic, Italy, France, Slovakia and Germany.
The competition will be held in one of the sanctuaries of world walking, the Czech town of Podebrady, a city with a huge tradition with this specialty dating back to 1894.
The World Cup of Walking was held at the Spa Park in the Czech town in 1997 and on three occasions it has also hosted the European Cup (2017, 2021 and 2023), an event that will be held again next year in 2025.
For this competition, Spain will attend with twelve walkers who meet the criteria established by coach José Peiró and the sports management of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
In absolute categorywhich will be held at a distance of 20 kilometers, the team includes José Manuel Pérez (1h22:38), Óscar Martínez (1h27:21) and Pablo Rodríguez (1h25:26) in the men’s category and Mar Juárez (1h36:42). ), Celia Víchez (1h36:53) and Ana Pulgarín (1h35:44) in women.
In sub 20 categoriesin the distance of ten kilometers of walking, the list is led by the current Spanish distance champion Pablo Postigo (42:58), fourth place in the Zaragoza national championship, Javier de Arriba (43:02) and Iván Molina (43:17 ). ), ranked fifth and sixth respectively in the capital city.
The female trio consists of Julia Suárez (47:38), bronze in Zaragoza, Claudia Ventura (47:53) and Elvira Barrón (49:35), fourth and fifth in the Spanish Championship in her category.
The Spanish delegation arrived in support of a former march Jesús Ángel ‘Chuso’ García Bragado, who will debut as the technical manager of the national team. He will do so in a city that has happy memories for him, as it was there that he won the 1997 World Cup event in the 50 kilometer walk, where he also set his best time ever (3:39:54) over this distance.
Source: La Verdad
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