The Spanish Mohamed Attaouinew European 800m runner-up, will be the great figure of the XIX Villa de Bilbao International Athletics Meeting this Tuesday, June 18, where he will attack the Spanish record of 1,000 meters.
Attaoui, 22 years old, just won a valuable silver medal in Rome European and now he wants to beat the national record of 1,000 meters held by the international medalist since 2021 Jesus Gomez with a time of 2:15.99.
The ‘meeting’ will take place from 5:00 pm Zorroza Sports Centerwhere the best sprinter of the moment in our country is also, Jaël Bestuewho made history in Rome by becoming the first Spaniard since 1990 to compete in the European 200 meters final.
In addition, Bilbao will tremble with three real ‘races’ in the middle and long distances, where athletes from five continents will seek to achieve the minimum or points necessary to secure their Olympic ticket. Not in vain, The qualification period for the Paris Games ends on June 30 and the Villa de Bilbao International Athletics Meeting will be one of the last glittering events on the calendar.
The men’s 1500 will have 13 athletes clocked under 3:37, and 17 who know what it feels like to be under 3:40. Spaniards Javier Mirón, Yahya Aouina and Adam Maijó are looking to break their best times taking advantage of the blistering pace of some of their rivals such as Moroccan Abdellatif Sadiki (3:33.59), British James West (3:34.07) and Ugandan Salim Abu Mayanja (3:34.51).
A fast race is also expected in women’s 5000 meters, with seven women with a personal best under 15:30 and several candidates for the podium at the Spanish Championships to be held 10 days later in La Nucía. The best time was held by Carla Gallardo with 15:10.62, although she had to compete, among others, with an Olympian like Lucía Rodríguez, the current Spanish 3000 hurdles champion Marta Serrano, and Laura Priego, who just finished 14th in the 10,000 meters at the European Championships in Rome.
And in Men’s 3000 hurdles, a dozen athletes with times under 8:30 are looking to achieve a good time that will get them closer to the Games. Sebastián Martos is looking to compete in his third, and has the endorsement of his personal best of 8:16.46. The Ibero-American champion Gonzalo Parra, the versatile Andreu Blanes and the NCAA All-American Estanis Ruiz are nominated as their main national rivals in Bilbao, without forgetting the two runners in the process of converting to obstacles like Abderrahman El Khayami and the sub23 Mehdi Elnabaoui.
Finally, the contest woman’s length It also shows a great level, with six athletes over 6.60 meters. Portuguese Evelise Veiga knows what it is to jump 6.74, as does Brazilian Eliane Martins, both Olympians in Tokyo. The very young Hayla González arrived in Bilbao as the last link in the Cuban jumping school and has already reached 6.65 at the age of 20, while the international Irati Mitxelena, with her 6.64, will be the most outstanding Spaniard.
The XIX Villa de Bilbao International Athletics Meeting It will be live on YouTube this Tuesday, June 18 from 5:00 pm
Source: La Verdad
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