This Sunday, April 21, the World Team Walking Championshipswhere Spain will go with a real team.
The team directed by José Peiró will consist of 21 athletes (11 women and 10 men), where the two two-time world champions stand out Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez.
Both athletes top the list of six who will participate in the new test of mixed relaywhich debuts in this competition and will serve to seek qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The two teams of 20 km march It is made up of marchers with extensive international experience with others stepping up. Both men and women are capable of repeating previous victories in this competition, which in the case of men was in 2008 and in the case of women in 2018.
The men’s quintet was opened by the recent Spanish distance champion Paul McGrathwho at just 22 years old already knows what it’s like to be European U20 champion and world U20 bronze in 2021.
Next to him was a 28-year-old veteran from Madrid. Diego García Carrerawith international medals in almost all the competitions he has been through, the last two important ones, European silver in 2018 in Berlin and European bronze in 2022 in Munich.
Another experienced walker is the Balearic Marc Turwhich has already shown its competitiveness with a 4th place finish at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
They complete the team Alvaro Lopez and Ivan Lopez.
In the female quartet, reduced by the loss of Raquel González, the young woman appears Red Juarezwho will debut in this competition, accompanied by Galician Antía Chamosa and the Madrid women Lidia Sánchez-Puebla and Lucia Redondothe latter is the youngest of all who will turn 21 in August.
The two teams sub20which will compete at a distance of 10 km walkis very exciting also with international medals that value both teams and many are in positions of honor in the lands of Turkey.
The men’s team is led by the recent champion of Spain Daniel Monfortwhich will be greeted by two other prominent walkers such as Daniel Morilla and Miguel Espinosabronze medalist at the 2022 U18 European Championship in Jerusalem.
The girls present two that are growing stronger: the Galician Aldara Meilan and the Catalan Sofia Santacreu, who became European under-18 and under-20 champions. Turn off the computer Griselda Serreta very competitive athlete who last year helped the team win gold at the Podebrady European Cup.
Spain’s team for the Antalya 2024 World Team Walking Championships
Man
- 20 km walk: Diego García Carrera, Álvaro López, Iván López, Paul McGrath and Marc Tur.
- 10 km walk U20: Miguel Espinosa, Daniel Monfort and Daniel Morilla.
woman
- 20 km walk: Antía Chamosa, Raquel González, Paula Juárez, Lucía Redondo and Lidia Sánchez-Puebla.
- 10 km U20 walk: Aldara Meilan, Sofía Santacreu and Griselda Serret.
Mixed relay
Alberto Amezcua, Laura García-Caro, Miguel Ángel López, Álvaro Martín, Cristina Montesinos and María Pérez.
Source: La Verdad
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