Jorge Blanco ran the Spanish half marathon championship with covid and finished fourth

The Spanish marathon champion, Jorge Blanco, ran the national half marathon this Sunday in Paterna (Valencia) with covidas confirmed to Efe, finishing the exam in a reliable fourth place.

The Asics Running runner, that is He tested negative the night before the championship test held, confirming the positive times after the championship, where he had “strange sensations in the previous warm-up”although they did not prevent him from finishing the exam and about to reach the podium.

“The truth is, even the goal is to get back the medals, due to the circumstances and the conditions of the circuit. and weather, fourth place is more credible for having a 1:05 chance, which shows good form where he came from, ”he said.

The servant of José Enrique Villacorta, who he just had discomfort in his throat and noticed “a certain lack of freshness”as he told Efe, he tried to adapt to a career that was broken from the start with Juan Antonio “Chiqui” Pérez’s attack.

“It was a fun test but, under normal conditions, I think I became close to the athletes who eventually got the podium.although Fernando Carro clearly showed his tremendous quality as an athlete in his debut at this distance and after the injury and “Chiqui” and Houssame Benabbou re -confirmed that they are two great athletes ”, he said.

After the national half marathon where he did not repeat the 2021 podium in Oruña de Piélagos (Cantabria), where he was third, Blanco will try to recover from the possible consequences of Covid in the coming weeks to once again concentrate on height since July 3 in the Sierra Nevada (Granada).

There he will take, as he did before the national marathon where he won the title in Zaragoza and the Ibero-American -third- and national half marathon -fourth-, facing the European in Munich (Germany) in August.