Fourth place in the men’s 4×400 meter relay, breaking the Spanish record with a time of 3:06.91raised the number of finalists (8 first) reached in Cali (Colombia) by the Spanish athletics team to thirteen, a record figure that exceeds the ten from Lisbon 1994 and Nairobi 2021, by far the best Spanish vintages.
The thirteen finalist places Distributed in the disciplines of speed, long distance, fence, obstacles, walkingvertical and horizontal jumps, and throws.
This Saturday, the last day, the 4×400 relay quartet formed by Markel Fernández, Ángel González, Alberto Guijarro and Gerson Pozo beat the national record by four hundred of the category (3:06.95) that has stood since the Under-20 World Cups in Sydney 1996.
This is the third of the U20 Spain records achieved in Cali. The first occurred in the 400 m heats, where Berta Segura improved her previous record from this year by 16 hundredths to leave it at 52.50.
The second, in the 100 m hurdles by Paula Blanquer (daughter of former athlete Rafael Blanquer)with 13.34 in the semifinals improved by 5 hundredths the previous record of Aitana Radsma, achieved in 2021.
The best position of the 13 finalists was fourth place in the long relay. Next, María Forero (fifth in the 5000m), Ander Martínez (fifth in the pole vault), Óscar Martínez (fifth in the 10,000m walk, the men’s 4x100m relay formed by Jaime Mendoza, Mario Mena, Juan Carlos Castillo and Alejandro Rueda pang six), Paula Blanquer (sixth in the 100m hurdles), Marcos Moreno (sixth in the discus), Berta Segura (sixth in the 400m), Pablo Pastor (seventh in the 10,000m walk), Marta Serrano (seventh in the 3,000 m hurdles), Evelyn Yankey (seventh long), Celia Rifaterra (seventh high), and Elena Guiu (eighth in the 100 meters).
Safea 19-year-old athlete from Lleida, marked a historic milestone in Spanish athletics by becoming the first to reach the 100m world final in any age category.
Spain finished the tournament twelfth in the points standings with 38surpassed only by four European countries: Germany (5), France (8), Great Britain (9) and the Netherlands (11).
Source: La Verdad
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