Attaoui’s bombshell, Spanish record and fourth European ever

The games of Paris 2024 They are close and their closeness to Monaco Diamond Leaguewith all the athletes recently arrived from their concentrations at altitude and at an unusual level. Mohamed Attaoui starred in the great Spanish feat of the night by breaking the national 800m record with 1’42”04 (previously, Saúl Ordóñez in 1’43”65) and came second in the event ahead of big names such as Gabriel Tual, Marco Arop either Catalin Tecuceanu, they are all candidates for medals at the Games. A good sign for the 22-year-old Cantabrian, born in Morocco, who will make his debut in Paris with a serious desire to play a good role.

“My God, I’m so happy, it’s unbelievable,” Attaoui said when he learned of his excellent score on the Monegasque synthetic, which also placed him as fourth European athlete ever. “I started cautiously and managed myself well to increase my pace. The public gave me an extra push to run the national speed record,” the Spaniard explained about the race. Attaoui has been shown in Roma European who is an athlete of international stature with a highly acclaimed silver on his debut.

Success in Monaco This is for Algerian Djamel Sedjati with 1’41”46 which, like a week ago in Paris, again achieved the third best time of all time just behind David Rudisha (1’40”91) and Wilson Kipketer (1’41”11). “My big goal of the season is to be an Olympic finalist and I am convinced that I can achieve it,” added the new Spanish record holder with great confidence.

Martha Garcia He also achieved another Spanish record, but this time at an unusual distance such as 2,000m, which he covered in 5’32”86. Victory went to Australian Jessica Hull with 5’19”70, a new world record. In its part, Ana Peleteiro He was eighth in his Diamond League debut this season with a best jump of 14.21m, well ahead of the Cuban’s 14.96 Leyanis Perez. After securing his European gold in Rome last month, the Galician is using these trials to increase his speed and experiment with technical adjustments that will allow him to reach 15 meters in Paris, the hurdle which he considers he must overcome to repeat the medal. .

The Norwegian also wants his dose of fame Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won the 1,500m with 3’26”73, a new European record and fourth time trial ever. Norwegian reappeared in international competition after doublet European in Rome at 1,500m and 5,000m with two golds he wants to emulate in Paris. In these weeks he focused on the height of Chiavenna in the Italian Alps and his form will be the best ever in the French capital.