This Wednesday, Enrique Llopis managed to qualify for the Olympic final of the 110 meter hurdles, a goal more than achieved for the Valencian athlete. Llopis finished second in the first of three semifinal series with a score of 13.17, allowing him to enter the final by places.
Llopis made a good start and always stayed in the first three places in a race that was clearly dominated by the favorite for gold, the American Grant Holloway, the only one to go under 13 seconds (12.98) in this round. Llopis’ mark equaled the record set by Orlando Ortega for the only Olympic medal (silver) in the Spanish 110 hurdles in Rio in 2016.
Entered the final with a cut of 13.26, this time too much for the other Spaniard present in these semifinals, the Navarrese Asier Martínez. Asier, a finalist in Tokyo three years ago, finished fifth in his semifinal with a time of 13.35. The race was won by Jamaican Orlando Bennett (13.09).
Source: La Verdad
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