The Spanish march closes its performance in Oregon without medals

The Spanish march closed its performance on Oregon World Cup in the men’s 35 km walk, where none of the three representatives came close to the medals. Miguel Angel Lopez he was the best of the Spaniards, tenth with 2h25’58. Alvaro Lopez finished 32nd with 2h36’20 and Marc Turwhich came from being fourth in the Tokyo 2020 Gamesis disqualified due to poor execution of the step.

Massimo Stano, Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020, showed that he is still in good shape and won the gold medal in the 35 km walk in Oregon with 2h23’14. Japanese people Masarota Kawano won silver with 2h23’15 and the Swedish Perseus Karlstromalready bronze in 20 km, repeated the medal in 2h23’44.

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The race began with the surprise attack of Daisuke Matsunaga from the first kilometer, where he led his rivals by 26 seconds. “The Japanese thing is a suicidal rhythm,” he says Miguel Angel Lopez. The Japanese, who was junior world champion at the same stage in 2014, came out full of confidence and it paid off. His high speed, which is for a world record, led him to have an advantage of more than a minute at kilometer 13. But from here, his dominance was less and he fell. Wandering aimlessly, he was so close to the fences that he tripped and was mercilessly devoured by his rivals before completing the last 15 kilometers.

in the back, Miguel Angel Lopez, the world champion in Beijing 2015, fought in the top ten, dreaming of medals. “As soon as Stano started shooting, I saw that I could not be a finalist and that I could not follow the group”, admits the Spaniard lamenting. “I ended up with a bittersweet feeling. I’m happy to have improved my mark by two minutes, but I didn’t expect such a fast test”, he said. His next goal is Munich from August 15 to 21. “I will continue training this month to further improve my score and compete in the European Championship”, he assured optimistically.

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