The absolute Spanish Outdoor Championship in La Nucia (Alicante), which takes place from yesterday until tomorrow, will crown the new national athletics champions and hand out the last tickets to the Paris Games. Ana Peleteiro, Álvaro Martín, Jordan Díaz and Quique Llopis will be some of the athletes who will compete these days at the Camilo Cano Olympic Stadium. Neither will Adel Mechaal from Girona, who last night was proclaimed champion of Spain in the 5,000 meters, and who tomorrow will look for the 1,500 title, and Esther Guerrero, who starts the series today to be in the 1,500 final tomorrow.
The 1,500 meters will have a very high level of participation. In the men’s category Adel Mechaal (3.30.77, 3.31.43), leader of the year and current champion, will try to defend his title, which he has won on up to four occasions in this event in the last decade. Athletes of international stature such as Jesús Gómez, Ignacio Fontes and Mario García Romo will compete for victory. In women, once again there will be a duel between the leader of the year Marta Pérez (4.00.12) and the reigning champion Esther Guerrero (4.00.13).
At the moment, Mechaal will not be able to aspire to the double and last night he had to settle for the runner-up in Spain in the 5,000. His duel with Thierry Ndikumwenayo, fourth and fifth at the European Championships in Rome, was won by his rival with a time of 13:20.81 for the 13:24.52 that the palamosí scored. n
2024-06-29 06:30:00
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