He revalidated the victory he achieved last year on American soil by winning this Saturday in the final of the 800 meters
Esther Guerrero set a new limit in the distance of the mile after finishing third in the final
The Spanish athlete Mariano García started the “motorbike” again in Boston and revalidated the victory he achieved last year on American soil by winning this Saturday in the final of the 800 meters with a time of 1:45.26.
A record that placed the Murcian, current world champion of the indoor distance, in the second position of the world ranking of the yearonly surpassed by the Belgian Tibo De Smet, who signed a time of 1:45.04 in Luxembourg on January 22.
Brand that seemed to be the objective of García, who from the first moment he did not hesitate to impose a strong rhythm to the testwhich quickly placed him in the first position.
A square that the Spanish, that He stayed 14 hundredths of the Spanish record that he established last year in New Yorkwhere the Boston meeting was circumstantially moved, defended against the final attack of the American Isaiah Jewett, who squeezed the Fuente Álamo player in the final meters.
But Mariano García was not willing for anything or anyone to take away his victory and in a final sprint he distanced the North American, who crossed the finish line half a second behind the Spaniard, who confirmed his status as one of the top favorites to win the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships to be held next month in March in Istanbul.
The one who was able to establish a new national record was the Catalan Esther Guerrero, who set a new limit in the distance of the mile after finishing third in the final of the 1,609 meters with a time of 4:24.92 minutes.
Guerrero, lowered the previous Spanish record by 3.62 seconds which she herself owned with a time of 4:28.54 as of February 2022.
A spectacular ‘bite’ that was not enough for the Spanish athlete to be able to discuss the victory against the American Heather MacLean, who won the victory with a record of 4:23.42 minutes, the best world record of the year.
Although yes to lower the minimum required -4:09.00- for the European Association to participate in the 1,500 meters in the Europeans on the indoor track in Istanbul after completing the distance in a time of 4:06.70, the third best Spanish mark of all time.
For her part, the Soriana Marta Pérez signed a creditable eighth position with a time of 8:52.63 minutes in a final of the 3,000 meters, in which the British Laura Muir won, silver in the 1,500 at the Tokyo Olympics, with a mark of 8:40.34.
The Spanish performance was completed by the man from Burgos Dani Arce who finished eleventh in the final of the 3,000 meters with a time of 7:54.39 minutes.
Insufficient time for Arce, fourth last year in the 3,000 hurdles at the Europeans outdoors in Munich, to be able to fight for a victory that went to the American Woody Kincaid with a time of 7:40.71.