Yulenmis Aguilarin his first Championship of Spain After receiving nationalization, he achieved a resounding success and won his first national title in javelin throw with a mark of 59.85 meters.
The Cuban Spaniard started the contest with a throw of 50.12, followed by a second of 59.85 that practically assured him the gold, as it finally happened, as he was unable to surpass that record even though he was close to sixth. attempt. (58.13).
Carmen Sánchez, second, was far behind, reaching 51.86 meters, while Enya Carretero was third with 51.43.
Yulenmis Aguilar received Spanish nationality by letter of nature on April 10 and on May 28 he received official authorization from World Athletics to compete in Spain.
Yulenmis (Bayaco, Cuba; 1996), double Cuban javelin champion in 2015 and 2017, arrived in Spain at the end of December 2020. He did so after stopping counting for the national team in 2018 after winning bronze at the Central American Games and the Caribbean.
The Cuban-born athlete settled in Oleiros (A Coruña) with a work permit and began training with veteran Raimundo Fernández. He perfected the technique and returned to compete after a blank 2020 due to injuries and depression.
In 2021 he competed in eight competitions – six in Spain and two in Portugal – and won seven, his best mark being 61.68 meters thrown at the José Luis Hernández Memorial in Pamplona. He surpassed that mark in 2022, reaching 64.17 meters at the Spanish Outdoor Championships in Nerja (Málaga).
In 2023 he continued his development and in 2024, in his first official competition, the Spanish Winter Long Throw Championship in Jaén, he reached 63.90 meters with his javelin, the best mark of the season and further than 63.80 last year. , at the World Cups in Budapest, Australian Mackenzie Little won bronze.
In the other four competitions of this 2024, except for the Ibero-American Meeting in Huelva, where he was fourth, he won the other three, two in the Iberdrola Club League (60.68 and 56.21) and another in José Luis Hernández Memorial to Pamplona (56.52).
One of the great goals of the season was the European Championship in Rome, but upon arriving in the Italian city he spent three days with a fever and was unable to perform at his best level, being eliminated in the qualifying round in his first competition in Spain.
Source: La Verdad
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