Madrid snatches the national athletics championship from Catalonia

07/15/2023 at 11:19 p.m.

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The Spanish Championship of Autonomous Athletics Federations was held in Pamplona

The 4x400m mixed, the final test, was the race that determined the winner and that awarded the first title in the history of Madrid

Madrid beat Catalonia this Saturday in a heart-stopping finale to take the Spanish Championship of Autonomous Athletics Federations held in Pamplonaafter the three consecutive titles accumulated by the Catalans.

The 4x400m mixed, the final test, was the race that determined the winner and that awarded the first title in the history of Madrid since men and women score together. Catalonia had won in 11 of the last 12 editions.

The capitalists achieved 483 points, while Catalonia was on point, with 481 and Valencia was third with 462.5 points. The hosts, Navarra, was ninth (335 points), tied with Aragón (8th).

More than 600 participants gathered this Saturday at the Larrabide stadium to compete for the medals in the 17 federations represented.

The morning session began at 9:00 a.m. with the men’s hammer throw and continued until 12:40 p.m., with the women’s discus throw. The afternoon session started at 5:00 p.m. with the men’s discus and ended at 10:00 p.m. with the mixed 4×400 m.

The grandstand of the complex remained small and the crowd gathered around the athletics track through which the participants were passing. The temperature was optimal to enjoy a day that brought connoisseurs and curious people together in Pamplona, ​​one day after the end of the Sanfermines.

In total, they have disputed 38 individual events and two mixed relays: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 100/110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 3000m hurdles, high, pole, long, triple, weight, discus, hammer, javelin, 5000m walk, 4x100m and 4x400m.

The winners were as follows: Hammer (Kevin Arreaga), Men’s 5,000m Walk (Álvaro Martín), Women’s Triple Jump (Naiara Estanga), Men’s Pole Vault (Walter Viafara), Women’s 5,000m Walk (Lidia Sánchez-Puebla), Women’s Height (Jennifer Laritza), Hammer women (Laura Redondo), 5,000 men (Rodrigue Kwizera), 5,000 women (Laura Méndez), triple jump men (Ramón Adalia), 110m hurdles men (Enrique Llopis), 100m hurdle women (Carmen Sánchez).

Men’s 110 Extra (Álvaro de las Heras), Women’s Discus (June Kintana), Women’s 400m Extra (Laura Hernández), Men’s Discus (Mykhailo Brudin), 400m Hurdles (Jorge García), Women’s 400m Hurdles (Geena Stephens), Men’s 100m ( Tijan Keita), women’s 100m (Carmen Marco), men’s longitude (Daniel Amez), women’s pole vault (Andrea San José), men’s height (Daniel Torrero), men’s 400m (Oscar Husillos), women’s weight (Belen Toimil), women’s 400m ( Laura Bueno), 800m men (Sala Heddine), javelin men (Manu Quijera).

Women’s 800m (Naima Ait), men’s 200m (Alberto Calero), women’s 200m (Paula Sevilla), 1,500m (Pablo Sánchez-Valladares), men’s weight (Carlos Tobalina), women’s longitude (Fátima Diame), women’s 1,500m (Carla Masip ), 3,000m men (Sergio Paniagua), 3,000m women (Rosalia Tarraga), 3,000 obst. Men (Gonzalo Parra), javelin women (Arantza Moreno), 3,000 obst. Women (Blanca Fernández), 4x100m mixed (Castilla la Mancha), 4x400m mixed (Catalonia).

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