Spain will attend Paris 2024 with a powerful athletics team and is aiming for some medals

Spain will travel to the Olympic Games with a strong team of 57 athletes (31 men and 26 women), with six medals to choose from, taking into account their performances last year. “This is a team with great potential, very competitive and that will give us a lot of joy,” said the Spanish coach. Pepe Peiro when the list of those selected to travel to the French capital was announced. The number of these participants can grow to 63 participants if the athletes who are pending to enter the ranks of the ‘Road to Paris’ can come out after knowing the departures from each country.

Jordan Diaz, who debuted a month ago as a full Spaniard, will arrive in Paris after setting the third-best mark in history in the triple jump at the European Championships in Rome with 18.18m and will be the main favorite for gold. You will also have your options Ana Peleteiro in the women’s triple due to the absence due to injury of the great world dominator of the last decade, Yulimar Rojas. The Galician won the European Championship and will start as one of the favorites to repeat the Olympic medal he already won at Tokyo 2020 – bronze.

on the spear, Yulenmis Aguilar He will also embark on medal aspirations if he can recover from the physical problems that have been plaguing his shoulders. Aguilar’s case is similar to that of Díaz – both are of Cuban origin – and he made his debut as a Spaniard at the European Championship in Rome a month ago.

Spain will march with the most powerful team in the world
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Spain will travel to Paris 2024 with the most powerful group of walkers in the world and will be the clear favorite to fight for the medals. Alvaro Martin and Maria Perezthe two-time world champion in the 20 and 35 kilometer walk at Budapest 2023 will be the leaders of a team that will also include the silver medalist at the European Championships in Rome, Paul McGrath and with Diego García Carrera. The women’s team will be Cristina Montesinosfifth in the world last year and Laura Garcia-Caro, who are a few centimeters away from winning bronze in the Italian capital. Four more will be added to the fixed walkers in the individual tests, which will be reserved for the mixed walking test (if selected): Antía Chamosa, Rachel Gonzalez, Alberto Amezcua and Miguel Angel Lopez.

Spanish medals will live on in Paris 2024

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Alvaro Martin | 20km walk | August 1 (07:30h)

Maria Perez | 20km walk | August 1 (9:20 am)

Ana Peleteiro | Triple jump | August 3 (8:20 pm)

Martín and Pérez | Mixed walking relay | August 7 (07:30h)

Jordan Diaz | Triple jump | August 9 (8:10 pm)

Yulenmis Aguilar | Javelin | August 10 (7:40 pm)

Possible world records in Paris 2024
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Prominence at the international level is for athletes with options to establish new world records, such as the Swedish pole vaulter. Mondo Duplantis, who has the ability to raise his record this year above 6.24 meters. He also proved to arrive in exceptional shape. Sydney McLaughlin, who lowered his own world record for the 400 hurdles at the ‘Trials USA’ and left it at 50”65. Her male counterpart, Karsten Warholm, will not come in the best shape of his life – at Tokyo 2020 he set the world record at 45.94 -, but he will be the great favorite for victory. In the discus throw, Mykolas Alekna set a new universal record in April this year with a throw of 74.35m. Faith Kipyegon He broke the 1,500m record a year ago with 3’49”11 and will be a major favorite to repeat the win for a third successive Games. It will also come with many options to establish a new record for the Kenyan Beatrice Chebetwho set the 10,000 meter record this year in 28’54”14.

List of Spaniards preselected for Paris 2024

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Women (26 in total)
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200m Jaël Bestue

800m Lorea Ibarzabal

1,500m Esther Guerrero, Águeda Marqués, María Pérez

5,000m Martha Garcia

Marathon Majida Mayouf, Ester Navarrete, Meritxell Soler

3,000m obs Carolina Robles, Irene Sánchez-Escribano

The length Fatima Diame, Tessy Ebosele

Triple jump Ana Peleteiro

Weight Belén Toimil

Javelin Yulenmis Aguilar

20km walk María Pérez, Cristina Montesinos, Laura García-Caro

Relays

Mixed walk: Antía Chamosa, Laura García-Caro, Raquel González, Cristina Montesinos, María Pérez

4X100m: Jaël Bestué, Paula García, Sonia Molina-Prados, Esther Navero, Maribel Pérez, Paula Sevilla

4x400m: Carmen Avilés, Bárbara Camblor, Blanca Hervás, Eva Santidrián, Berta Segura

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Men (31 total)
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800m Mohamed Attaoui, Adrián Ben, Josué Canales

1,500m Mario Garcia, Adel Mechaal

5,000m Adel Mechaal, Thierry Ndikumwenayo

10,000m Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Abdessamad Oukhelfen

Marathon Yago Rojo, Tariku Novales, Ibrahim Chakir

110m obstacle Quique Llopis, Asier Martínez

3,000m obs Dani Arce

Triple jump Jordan Diaz

Decathlon Jorge Urena

20km walk Álvaro Martín, Paul McGrath, Diego Garcia

Relays

Mixed walk: Alberto Amezcua, Diego García, Miguel Ángel López, Álvaro Martín, Paul McGrath

4x400m: Julio Arenas, Iñaki Cañal, David García, Manuel Guijarro, Óscar Husillos