The great figures of Spanish athletes meet at the Madrid Mile

The fourth edition of TotalEnergies Madrid Milewhich will be held on September 22, will bring together almost two thousand participants along central Serrano Street, among them well-known athletes such as Mohamed Attaoui and Ronaldo Olivo in the men’s category and Marta Pérez, Marta García and Águeda Marqués in women’s category.

The two champions of the last edition, Mohamed Attaouirunner-up in Europe at 800 meters and fifth at the Paris Olympic Games, and the Palencia Martha Garcia5,000 bronze medalists at the last European Championship, will try to repeat their success.

With them they will find success Ronaldo Olivorising star of the national middle distance, and Gonzalo ParraIbero-American champion of 3,000 obstacles; the segovian Águeda MarquésOlympic 1,500 finalist in Paris; the soriana Martha Pereznational distance record holder, and Madrid Lorea IbarzabalOlympics in Paris.

Other celebrities who have also confirmed their attendance are Reyes Estevezworld indoor runner-up in 2001 in the 1,500; Alberto Juzdadobronze medalist in the marathon at the 1994 European Championships and Fermin CachoOlympic champion of 1,500 in Barcelona’92.

The test, which is part of the NB Milla Urbana international circuit, created by the Argentine Gustavo Montes and which stops in cities such as New York, has 1,609 meter route along the central street of Serrano.

The Madrid Mile is open to all audiences, as its sports program includes races for children, people with disabilities, and famous and elite athletes.

One of the new features of this edition is that the award for the best athlete will be named Carmen Valerodouble cross-country world champion in 1976 and 1977 and the first Spanish Olympic athlete, who died on January 2 at the age of 68.

Another new thing in this edition is the celebration of ‘3 mile challenge’consisting of traveling the mile distance three times, with a short rest between each of them. In total, participants in this challenge will cover 4,828 meters.

The organization, led by Alex Calabuig, took advantage of the presentation to honor coach Antonio Postigo for “a lifetime dedicated to athletics” spanning more than six decades, and Patricia Padorno, fifth in the indoor mile at Oklahoma ( United States). March 14, 1987, which at the time, with 4:47.92, was a national record. He received the award from his daughter Lorea Ibarzabal, a Paris 2024 Olympian.

The test, which is open to all audiences from the age of two, has a unity component. One euro of registrations for the youth and adult races will go to the NGO Doctors Without Borders.