Alfonso Cabello extended his legend with bronze in the kilometer time trial

Alfonso Cabello This Friday he expanded his legend to Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The cyclist from Cordoba hanged himself bronze medal in kilometer time trial of category C4-5 in an intense final where he is about to get a bigger prize.

At 30 years old, in a test where he was in the elite for more than a decade and after ongoing covid that had plagued him for months heading into the Games, the Spanish runner refused to let it go with one last thing to remember. This time, his 1:01.969 was surpassed almost ‘in extremis’ by British Blaine Huntwhich has reached 1:01.776, and for Australian Korey Boddingtonwho signed a 1:01.650 to be a champion.

So Cabello completed a day where she showed from the start that she will be among the best. In the morning he was third in qualifyingin a battle commanded by Boddington with an iron fist. In the afternoon, the situation repeated itself and Cabello achieved the desired medal.

The Spaniard started the final in the fourth position of the six participants, with enough references to know the time he needed to win a medal. This is the 1:02.504 from Britain’s Jody Cundy. In a superb performance, in which he was flying from the start, the Spaniard dropped all references to sign a 1:01.969 that put him first.

But the two main rivals are missing. The British Blaine Hunt took the baton. He did this to seal a career in which he went from less to more, with all the partials behind the Spanish steps. However, Hunt accelerated on the last lap to finish in one 1:01.776 and, thanks to the last part of the final goal, that reduced Cabello’s time by 193 hundredths.

is missing BoddingtonEditwhich began to fly in the velodrome, with steps in the first references half a second faster than those of the British. He maintained the pace without problems in a perfect race to score a 1:01.650after leaving time at the end, which nevertheless served him to powerfully declare himself Paralympic champion.

So, Cabello finished in third position, a position that was worth it his sixth medal at the Paralympic Games. Event champion at both London 2012 and Tokyo 2021, he won bronze at Rio 2016. He has two more bronzes in mixed team speed (2016 and 2021).

His medal is the fifth in the Spanish team, they are all bronze. Ricardo Ten and Cabello were on the podium in cycling, Enrique Alhambra and Miguel Luque in swimming, and Alba García in the long jump in athletics.