This is Spain’s 8 medals at the European Championship in Rome

Spain The European Athletics Championships in Rome concluded this Wednesday with 8 medals2 less than the previous edition of Munich 2022, and is in eighth position in the global medal table led by Italy with 24 metals.

In total there are 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze. The two gold medals for the Spanish team came from the triple jump, thanks to the excellent performance of Ana Peleteiro and Jordan Diaz.

The first to celebrate was the Galician triple jumper, Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020 and great star of Spanish athletics, who won his final with a jump of 14.85 metersa mark that helped him become Europe’s leader for the season.

Jordan Díaz, who made his debut with the Spanish team after gaining nationality according to the letter of nature in 2022, won gold two days later with a spectacular jump of 18.18 meters which is a record for Spain and the third best brand in history.

The three silver medals, all men, came in the hurdles, walking and middle distance races.

The Valencian Enrique Llopis23 years old, was second in the 110m hurdles final with a mark of 13.16 seconds, his best time to date, in a race won by Italian Lorenzo Simonelli and in which another Spaniard, Asier Martínez , finished fourth.

The second Spanish silver came from the hands of the young Catalan walker Paul McGrath, who at 22 years old achieved his first full podium at the continental level. It was in the 20 km walk test, where he finished second with a time of 1h19:31, 18 seconds behind Swede Perseus Karlström, winner of the event.

In the 800m event, Spain won its third silver medal thanks to a great race by Mohamed Attaouiwho established himself among the international elite by beating local favorite Catalin Tecuceanu in a time of 1:45.20, only to be surpassed by Frenchman Gabriel Tual.

Finally, the three Spanish bronze medals were made by Martha Garcia at 5,000m, Thierry Ndikumwenayo in the 10,000m and the women’s half marathon team, made up of runners Laura Luengo (12th), Esther Navarrete (13th), Fatima Ouhaddou (14th), Meritxell Soler (32nd), Lydia Campo (40th) and Laura Mendez (58th).

Furthermore, Spain achieved 29 finalist places and placed fifth in the points classification. Finally, it is worth noting that the Spanish athletics team has achieved 3 national records in the men’s triple jump, women’s 5,000m and the women’s 4x400m relay.