The Spanish 4×400 relay is headed to the Paris Olympic Games

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Two of the Spanish 4×400 teams – men and women – have qualified for the Paris Olympic Games in repechage of second day of the relay world championships played at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau (Bahamas).

The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation launched the National Relay Plan for this season with the aim of qualifying five teams (4×100 and 4×400 men and women and 4×400 mixed) to the Olympic Games in Paris and to this end it created an itinerary that brought them these last month to have a concentration in Stellenbosch (South Africa) in December 2023, in Tenerife in January of this 2024 and the last one in Malaga in the middle of last March.

The plan It didn’t go well in Nassau because of the five teams, only the 4×400 long relay teams got a direct ticket to Paris.. Others will have to find the last two places at the European Championships in Rome according to time.

After the first day in which none of the five teams achieved direct qualification by not finishing in the first two places in each race, everything was left to be resolved in the repechage, now there are no more favorite countries, who will compete in the -their career in search of world medals.

He The Women’s 4×400, with the new additions of Carmen Avilés and Blanca Hervás -by Herminia Parra and Laura Bueno- along with Eva Santidrián and Berta Segura, was less on the track and finished second in their series with 3:27.57, a national recordimproving on the previous 3:27.57.

“We were very happy. We knew we had it, we believed in ourselves. We couldn’t believe we were going to Paris and also had the Spanish record,” said Eva Santidrian.

Also included is the 4×400 girls The so-called ‘Spanish Beatles’ got their Olympic ticket a few minutes later.

For the repechage race there are changes. Lucas Búa and Bernat Erta were replaced by Oscar Husillos and Julio Arenas, who ran alongside Iñaki Cañal and Manuel Guijarro. The Spanish team dominated the race and in the three relays, two were first, also winning the race with 3:02.39, ahead of Poland (3:02.91).

The mixed 4×400, made up of David García Zurita, Julio Arenas, Blanca Hervás and Berta Segura – who doubled the race – was not so lucky, ending his race in third with a time of 3:15.11, behind Great Britain (3:12.99). and Ukraine (3:14.49).

In Both third place was the women’s 4×100 relay, formed by four team members who broke Spain’s record in 2022 at the World Championships in Oregon with 42.58: Sonia Molina-Prados, Jaël-Sakura Bestué, Paula Sevilla and María Isabel Pérez. This time, with 42.88, they were twenty-five hundredths behind the 42.63 recorded by the Ivory Coast athletes, second behind Italy (42.60).

“We worked a lot. There were times when we needed a bit of luck and nothing. They were faster, they ran better, you couldn’t ask for more. This team deserves to be in Paris and reach a final chance and we will continue to working”said Maribel Perez.

The men’s short relay, the 4×100, had no option on the track as they placed sixth with a 39.51. Arnau Monné, Guillem Crespí, Daniel Rodríguez and Sergio López did not have the best race and were almost a second behind Australia’s second place (38.46). First is South Africa (38.08).

The team saw upset by the injury of Pablo Montalvo, who did not compete, and also Sergio Lópezwho, before the first race on the first day, sprained his ankle and still came out to run.

“We have given everything. We know it will not be easy, that it is very difficult. The team is focused, united, but it is not enough”said Daniel Rodríguez.

At the end of the competition, Raúl Chapado, president of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federationsent a message recognizing the work of athletes in the Bahamas.

“Regardless of the classified teams, the competitive level was brutal among the four teams fighting for Olympic qualification. Committed athletes who doubled down today and achieved the impossible. And my recognition to Oscar Husillos, who was knocked down by a virus but was reborn to lead”Chapado said on his X account.

COUNTRIES QUALIFIED FOR THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

4×100 women: United States, France, Poland, Canada, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Jamaica, Switzerland and Trinidad and Tobago.

4×100 men: United States, Japan, Canada, Italy, China, France, Great Britain, Jamaica, South Africa, Ghana, Australia, Germany, Nigeria and Liberia.

Women’s 4×400: Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Canada, France, United States, Norway, Belgium, SpainNetherlands, Switzerland, Jamaica and India.

4×400 men: Botswana, South Africa, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Great Britain, United States, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, SpainPoland and India.

4×400 medley: Netherlands, Dominican Republic, United States, Nigeria, Ireland, Belgium, Poland, France, Bahamas, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Jamaica and Ukraine.

Source: La Verdad

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