Quique Llopis He completed the best Spanish performance on the track with his fourth position in the final of the 110 meter hurdles. Victory went to him Grant Holloway with a 12”99, the only one of the finalists capable of breaking below the 13-second barrier. Behind him, his compatriot Daniel Roberts won the silver with 13’09 and the bronze went to the Jamaican. Rasheed Broadbell with 13”09. Llopis He crossed the finish line in fourth position with 13.20 and lost hope of a medal at the world’s most important athletic event.
“This fourth place I don’t know much after knowing that I am fighting for medals,” he said. Quique Llopis before the media after the race. “The good thing about this fourth place is that it leaves me hungry to keep fighting to come back next year and fight for more,” said the Valencian hurdler, looking for a positive side to his result in the Olympic final. “That’s not what I expected”Llopis confessed about the kind of career he lived. “The start was a bit crazy. It’s true that the throwing was very good, but the last hurdles I was a bit choked up, but I have to be very happy,” added the Spanish hurdler.
In the 1,500m semifinals, the Spanish women experienced a paradoxical situation. Martha Perez broke the Spanish record of the Tarragona woman Natalia Rodríguez and he left it at an excellent 3’57”75, which did not qualify him for the final because he did not make the top six of his series – he was eighth. Yes, the Segovian team qualified for the final round Águeda Marqués who, despite achieving a worse record (4’01”90), reached the finish line in their semi-final sixth. And the Spaniard who came into the event with a personal best, Esther Guerrero, was eliminated when she came just behind Marqués with 4’01”94.
“I’m happy. I don’t want to forget that this is a championship and the important thing is the positions,” he said. Martha Perez after achieving the national record. “The Olympic Games are good for me. I made the final in Tokyo 2020 and here I achieved my best time. It is a time trial that I have been fighting for a long time,” he added with great joy.
Source: La Verdad
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