LThe good health of the Spanish 60 meter hurdles continues to be demonstrated. After the great performances of Asier Martnez -record of Spain sub23- and Quique Llopis -earnings in the DNA Athletics– It has been added that Orlando Ortega continues to progress adequately.
The great reference of the Spanish fences began its year from less to more. and in the Meeting of the Eure He confirms it, because he has lowered his best mark of the year. 7.71, a time that qualifies him (he already was) for the Belgrade World Championship and that makes Spain have to decide which two hurdlers it has out of the three that have a record.
Despite the reduction in the clock, Ortega is still far from the best. At L’Eure he was seventh in a race that was won by Pascal Martinot-Lagarde. As for the times, Asier Martínez has a 7.55 and Quique Llopis a 7.59. And in the classification even more, because his great rival, Grant Holloway leads the 2022 world charts with a 7.37 set in New York.
Not only in the men’s category is there good news from the hurdlers. In the women’s, Teresa Errandonea dominated her races to perfection. First, in the series with 8.17 (best mark of all the finalists) to round it off in the final with 8.13. Best brand of the season for the Basque.
As for the international stars, the presence of the Pole Adam Kszczot stood out. On the same day that he announced his retirement from professionalism, he might only be second in the 1,000-meter race following the Moroccan El Guesse.
No minimum for the World Cup
Those who might not guarantee their presence at the World Cup on Serbian soil were Álvaro de Arriba, Natalia Romero and Solange Pereira. The man from Salamanca was fourth in the 800 (1.47:94). A race won by the Kenyan Collins Kipruto (1.47:05) and that started quite slowly, Well, the Spanish athlete has the best record of 1.46:98, which they did not come close to. For his part, Pereira did not finish the 3,000 meters on the French track. Natalie Romero if he lowered his best mark of the course (2:06.27), but it is still not a time that gives access to Belgrade. It stays five seconds.
The what if to be in Serbia and who continues to shape his physical state for the next tests is Ignacio Fontes. He was eighth (3.43: 25) in 1500 that the British Giles took. His goals remain the National and World Championships.