Spain will attend the Games Paris 2024 with a large group of 59 athletes -not all of them will end up making their debut- and there are serious medal options. The last months have left results that allow us to dream of Olympic medals and expand the 15 obtained to date by Spanish athletes throughout the history of the Games.
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. Guided by both the Olympic champion and nine-time world champion, Ivan Pedrosothe best horizontal jumping trainer out there.
on the spear, Yulenmis Aguilar He will also start medal aspirations if he can recover from the physical problems that have been plaguing his shoulders. Aguilar’s case is similar to Díaz’s – both Cuban origin– and made his debut as a Spaniard at the European Championship in Rome a month ago. Yulenmis has a personal best of 64.17m, a distance that would allow her to win a medal in most events. Games.
Mohamed Attaoui is the latest major addition to the list of surviving Paris medals. This is his Olympic debut at the age of 22 and he will do it with the moral strength of being second in Diamond League from Monaco with a time of 1’42”04. Attaoui is one of the greats jewelry of Spanish athletics and with that mark he should be in the Olympic final of the 800. In the final round, anything can happen and his courage is in his favor. He has nothing to lose and his European silver at Rome 2024 made it clear that the big stages do not scare him. What happened in Monaco proves this. The long week of concentration at the altitude of Sainkt Moritz with OAC Europa (On Running) is designed so that the highest form arrives in the French capital, so its best performances are yet to come. The Algerian Djamel Sedjaticapable of running 1’41”46 and being the third fastest man in history behind David Rudisha (1’40”91) and Wilson Kipketer (1’41”11) will be the main favorite for victory.
Spain will travel to the Games with the most powerful group of walkers in the world and will be clear favorites to fight for the medals. Alvaro Martin and Maria PerezThe two-time world champion in the 20 and 35 kilometer walks at Budapest 2023 will be the leaders of a team that also includes the silver medalist at the European Championships in Rome, Paul McGrath and 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, 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 1st 7:30 am
Maria Perez | 20km walk | August 1st 9:20 am
Ana Peleteiro | Triple jump | August 3, 8:20 pm
Martin and Perez | Mixed walking relay | August 7 07:30 am
Jordan Diaz | Triple jump | August 9 8:10 pm
Mohamed Attaoui | 800m | August 10 7:25 pm
Yulenmis Aguilar | Javelin | August 10 7:40 pm
The 15 Olympic medals of Spanish athletics
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Spain added the total 15 medals in athletics throughout the Olympic Games, one of the most prolific sports for the national medal table. The first to open the can is the one who remembers Jordi Llopart in Moscow 1980, at a time when there was no surveillance or televised media at the time. The Catalan walker made a surprise appearance at the Olympic Stadium in second position after completing the 50km route. A silver that paved the way for the next 14 to come in 7 different Games. Of all of them, the three golds achieved by Dani Plaza in the 20km march and Fermin Cacho at 1,500m in Barcelona 1992 and Ruth Beitia at the height of Rio 2016. The most recent medal was his Ana Peleteiro in the Tokyo 2020 triple jump with a highly coveted bronze that could be extended to Paris with another medal.
Moscow 1980 | Jordi Llopart | Silver 50km walk
Los Angeles 1984 | Jose Manuel Abascal | Bronze 1,500m
Barcelona 1992 | Dani Plaza | Gold 20km walk
Barcelona 1992 | Fermin Cacho | Gold 1,500m
Barcelona 1992 | Antonio Penalver | Silver Decathlon
Barcelona 1992 | Javier Garcia Chico | Bronze Pole
Atlanta 1996 | Fermin Cacho | Silver 1,500m
Atlanta 1996 | Valenti Massana | Bronze 50km walk
Sydney 2000 | Maria Vasco | Bronze 20km walk
Athens 2004 | Paquillo Fernandez | Silver 20km walk
Athens 2004 | Joan Lino Martínez | Copper Length
Athens 2004 | Manolo Martínez | Copper Weight
Rio 2016 | Ruth Beitia | Height of Gold
Rio 2016 | Orlando Ortega | Silver 110 hurdles
Tokyo 2020 | Ana Peleteiro | Bronze Triple jump
Source: La Verdad
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