Orlando Ortega’s victory in Valencia after more than one year without competing in Spain

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Olympic runner -up of Rio’2016 and national plusmarquista of 110 meters fence Orlando Ortega Reappeared this Friday at Valencia and registered the fifth best brand of Spain of the year (13.54).

After more than a year without competing SpainThe athlete of Cava ontinyent He ran the semifinal to 13.55 (+1.2) and, two hours later, he won the final at 13.54 (+0.9), a brand that puts him as a fifth best athlete in the Spanish rank of the year led by Valencian Quique Llopis with 13.16.

“It makes it a brutal illusion to run again in Spain. It’s hard to come back, but I’ve done it,” Ortega said of her return to Valencia, and also emphasized how “happy” she was “feeling that spark again.”

Olympic runner -up of 110 meters fence in Rio’2016 emphasized that its purpose is to participate in Spanish championships. “I was focused on that Athletics Federation of the Valencian Community (FACV).

“I think too Tokyo. Who doesn’t want to be in a World? I also have that thorn nailed to Tokyo gamesIn 2021, where all my suffering began. If I do the minimum, very well, and if not, to continue working, “he added.

The last years of Ortega were marked by injuries and became between May 2022 and May 2024 without competing. Last winter he went to Doha (Qatar) To start working as a coach of the athlete at the training ages.

“At first I was surprised, but such a project was not told that it was a very good project on the national women’s team, where they had never had any women competing,” she said about her new stage as a coach.

Source: La Verdad

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