The Toledo native earned an exciting Olympic ticket in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
MADRID, 28 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Spanish athlete Irene Sánchez-Escribano achieved the minimum to be in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in an emotional race at the Spanish Championships that began this Friday in La Nucía, where Ana Peleteiro and Thierry Ndikumwenayo won the triple jump and the 5,000m.
Sánchez-Escribano finished second but took advantage of the support of her teammates, Marta Serrano, who launched the race and Carolina Robles, who pushed to the end with the Toledo native behind them to go together to the French capital. Robles won with her personal best, 9:22:19, and Sánchez Escribano took silver with 9:24:47, the RFEA minimum for Paris 2024.
The Camilo Cano Stadium provided its first Olympic-inspired moment in the 104th edition of the Spanish Open Air Championships, with the French capital as the target for many athletes. The current Olympic triple jump bronze medallist, Ana Peleteiro, was the centre of attention at the end of the first day.
The Galician had no rivals to become Spanish champion for the seventh time, although she improved to make her best jump in the last attempt (14.27). The recent European champion will go to Paris in search of gold, given the absence due to injury of the defending champion, her friend, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas.
With names of its own there was also the men’s final of the 5,000m, where Thierry Ndikumwenayo, who had just won European bronze in Rome, went head-to-head with Adel Mechaal who will also compete in the 1,500m. Both ran alone for almost the 12 laps of the La Nucía track, with a strong pace from Ndikumwenayo who, after recovering in the penultimate lap, was left alone in his final attack.
Speed closed on Friday with the 100-meter titles for Abel Alejandro Jordán and Paula García. In addition, Adrián Pérez won gold in the pole vault. In the morning session, Raquel González and Kevin Arreaga won the first golds in the 10,000-meter walk and the hammer.
In the race walk, the favourites Antía Chamosa, Lidia Sánchez-Puebla, who was in charge of setting the pace for the first six kilometres, and Raquel González led the race until the record holder in the discipline (42:14.12 in 2016) changed pace, sending her to her third gold.
Meanwhile, without the legendary Javier Cienfuegos, who has 12 titles, the gold went to Kevin Arreaga, the Spanish champion in long throws, with his best time of 73.72 in his second attempt. In the afternoon, Laura Redondo won her fifth hammer title, her fourth in a row.
2024-06-28 21:13:38
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