World record for Ruppert and European minimum for Robles and Quijada in Huelva

The nineteenth edition of Ibero-American Meeting of Huelva came to terms with best brand in the world of the year of German Frederik Ruppert in the 3,000 meter steeplechaseproof where they signed the Minimum in Europe The Spanish Alejandro Quijada and Carolina Robles.

Ruppert He placed himself at the top of the 2024 world ranking with a record of 8:17.41. The German distance runner had a great race, at a high speed on the wet track of the ‘Emilio Martín’ Ibero-American Stadium, which he managed to finish at the finish line, ahead of the Belgians Tim Van de Velde (8: 18.68). ) and Remi Schyns ( 8:18.68), beating their personal bests. The Spanish Alejandro Quijadasixth with 8:24.38, beating his personal best and meeting the minimum for the European Championship in Rome.

The Sevillian athlete also achieved the continental goal in the same event but for women. Carolina Robles. The Spanish cross country and 10,000 meter champion achieved a time of 9:30.57 where he was second behind Argentine athlete Belén Casetta, who started the race like a hare and finished it in 9:29.88.

Another remarkable result occurred in 400 meter hurdleswhere the Swedish champion broke the record of the Huelva meeting Carl Bengstrom. He stopped the clock 48.61which bettered the 48.87 set by Estonian Rasmus Mäi in 2021.

The Portuguese also broke the best record of the meeting in the pole vault. Pedro Buarowhich exceeded the bar set 5.50 metersbettering Spanish Igor Bychkov’s 5.40 from 2010. Second was Spanish Isidro Leyva with 5.20 and third was Austrian Riccardo Klotz with the same record.

Within 1,500 men The Norwegian played his role as favorite Narve Gilje Nordaswhat’s up 3:34.11 He set his best record of the season. Second was the Italian Federico Riva with a personal best (3:34.35) and third was the Frenchman Jimmy Fressier (3:36.11), who performed very well at a distance shorter than usual for him. The best Spaniard was Jesús Gómez, ninth with 3:38.55. Filip Ingebrigtsen, also a Norwegian, finished twelfth (3:38.91), European champion in 2016 and world bronze in 2017.

The queen’s female event of the middle distance specialty was awarded three hundredths of a second to the Ethiopian Nigits Getachewwith the 4:05.93She was followed at the finish line by Kenyan Mary Ekiru (4:05.96) and Italian Marta Zenoni (4:06.55).

One of the two Spanish victories of the day was achieved in the finals Adel Mechaal in 5,000 meters, the test that closed the meeting. Frame 13:14.26by Serbian Elzan Bibic’s 13:14.78 and Belgian Robin Hendrix’s 13:16.14.

One got to long jump the champion of Spain Tessy Eboselethat reached 6.57 meters. Laura Raquel Muller of Germany (6.52) and Tilde Johansson of Sweden (6.21) were second and third.

In the final of triple jump the Brazilian won Almir Dos Santos, world runner-up in 2018, with a best time of 16.96 meters. Slovakian Tomas Veszelka (16.06) and Frenchman Enzo Hodebar (16.01) finished second and third. The only Spaniard Carlos Martín, Andalusian champion, is seventh with 15.27 and eighth in his return is Frenchman Benjamin Compaoré (14.56), world bronze in 2016.

In the javelin throw he did not perform at his usual level in his debut as a Spanish athlete Yulenmis Aguilar. The pitcher of Cuban origin is fourth with the best throw of 56.13 meters. Victory went to the British Bekah Walton with 59.95 metersher personal best, ahead of Uruguayan Manuela Rotundo (58.68) and Greek Elina Tzengko (56.51), current European champion.

With the launch of disc the Lithuanian won Martynas Aleknabrother of the world record holder, who has a better shot 63.99 meters. He surpassed Polish Oskar Stachnik (63.25) and Swede Simon Pettersson (61.73), current Olympic runner-up.

For its part, in the international 4×100 relay match between Spain and Portugal there are two Spanish records in charge of the under 18 teams The men’s quartet, made up of Iván García, Jan López, Hugo Fernández and Samuel Rodríguez, stopped the clock . 40.94 to be third in his series. The women’s team achieved a time of 45.91 to be fourth in their career, a mark signed by Glory Llorente, Sara Navarro, Martina Delgado and Amelia Grace.