Eduardo Santas, silver in the C3 time trial to expand the Spanish cycling festival in Paris

They took two gold and one bronze. is missing a silver that he Spanish cycling also have to time trials of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games He got it on category C3 to make it four out of four of the podiums in this modality, in the absence of the option of Luis Miguel García-Marquina.

He did it in a new test of 28.4 kilometers on the circuit located around Clichy-sous-Bois, which has been completed twice. During the 39:12.71the Santas were surpassed only by the French Thomas Peyroton-Dardet, champion with 38:28.80. The bronze was achieved by Germany Matthias Schindler together 39:21.35.

It’s in a race where The Spanish cyclist completely manages his forces and where it ends up redundant. He improved from fifth position to second, with a tremendous second half of the event that ended up earning him the silver medal.

Grow ahead Peyroton-Dardet who, sixth at the first intermediate point, later took a lead that he never relinquished. But Santas grew up from behind. Fifth at the halfway point of the race, he placed fourth at the third intermediate point. His rivals suffered in the latter part of the event, which, together with the speed of the Spaniard, allowed him to pass. progress towards the silver medal.

In this way, Santas add extra sparkle to a dizzying day of national cycling. His silver joins the golds achieved in the respective classes of their time trials by Ricardo Ten and Sergio Garrote, as well as the bronze achieved by Damián Ramos. Both track and road cycling perform at a high level in Paris.

This can be seen in the Spanish medal table. There are already twenty-nine medals awarded, with seven gold, eight silver and fourteen bronzebut thirty is safe because table tennis already has a bronze in the pocket that can increase the color.

Eduardo Santas added his second medal in a Gamesafter winning bronze in team speed on the track at Rio 2016 with Alfonso Cabello and Amador Granados. At the age of four, Santos suffered a brain injury as a result of chickenpox. It caused hemiplegia on the right side of his body.

“I pushed to death, this is what I want so much”

Santas seemed very happy after his medal. “This is what I wanted throughout my sports career. That is what I longed for. I was terrified of finishing fourth again, which I had done many times. Especially when I was fourth in the last reference,” said the Spaniard. “I pushed like hell and managed to get second, so I’m super happy,” he highlighted.

Santa knows how to manage the forces. “I started to regulate and when I saw that it was more or less tied and I was left on the gas, I know something will come down“, he said after expanding on the Spanish festival. “It’s also about having a bit of luck. In Tokyo we held several quarters and what we were most prepared for here were the time trials. Let’s see, Marquina, who also has options,” he said about a Spanish team that is in the final.

Santas highlighted how much it cost him to get this podium. “I started competing when I was eight years old with my father and my brother and I have won many medals since I was international, since 2010. But I was three-fourths of the place and it was time to play, because I came very well.“, he highlighted.

The Spanish runner acknowledged that the tension in the final kilometers was palpable. “Confident that he will push through, but also afraid that others will do the same,” has closed.