The first day of the World Cups in Budapest focuses on the majority of the Spanish delegation’s medal options. In a hot and very humid environment at 8.50 am with the discussion of the 20-kilometer men’s march, in the presence of current European champion Álvaro Martín, former continental runner-up Diego García and 2022 Spanish champion Alberto Amezcua.
Álvaro Martín from Extremadura starts with the sixth best grade of the year at 1h:18.49 China’s Jun Zhang (1h:17.38), Brazil’s Caio Bonfim (1h:18.29), Japan’s Koki Izeda (1h:18.36), Ecuadorian David Hurtado (1h:18.45) and Australia’s Declan Tingay (1h:18.46), current Italian Olympic champion Massimo Stano yu (1h:20.07 this year) or of course Toshizaku Yamanishi (1h:20.58 this year), the Japanese and gold medalist in the last two World Cup editions. The other three Spaniards’ 2023 scores are 1h:19.25 for Diego García and 1h:20.24 for Amezcua.
The test will distribute the first medals of the World Cups with the participation of Spain and will continue in the morning session. men’s 3,000 meters hurdles qualifying With the presence of two athletes in a wonderful moment, with options to go to the finals, such as the Spanish champion Dani Arce and Víctor Ruiz, the second in three series and the final prize for the top five.
With a magnificent 8:10.63 accredited at Diamond in Paris, Dani Arce kicks off at 11:35 with his third record of the year in the first series., just behind Kenyan Simon Kiprop Koech (8:04.19) and Ethiopian Getnet Wale (8:05.15), but very close to Moroccan Indian Sable (8:11.20) and Moroccan Tindouft (8:11.65). Víctor Ruiz (8:13.89) will run at 12:05, alongside Ethiopian world record holder Lamecha Girma (7:52.11), Japan’s Miura (8:09.91) and New Zealand’s Beamish (8:13.26). ).
At 12:25, the women’s long jump will come in triple row. qualifying leader Fátima Diamé (Group B), the very young Tessy Ebosele (Group A) who just turned 21, and Catalan María Vicente (Group B, 22 and will also be a trio) probably before they come back and get together next season… or not.
6.80 is required to go to the final (or the top 12 if there is a playoff), and three Spaniards know what it means to jump that distance.. Fátima Diamé has gone 6.81 this season, Ebosele 6.80 and Vicente 6.77 (a personal record 6.80). So far this year, only Jamaican Ackelia Smith (7.08), American Tara Davis-Woodhall (7.07) and Jasmine Moore (7.03) and British Jazmin Sawyers (7.03) have reached seven meters.
The strong emotion of the Spanish morning session will end at 13:15 with three fighters and 1,500 competitors qualifying in the women’s category (the first six of each series pass). National champion Esther Guerrero took the fifth mark of the year among those who registered for the second series at 1:26 p.m. along with brand new Kenyan universal record holder Faith Kipyegon), second in the national, third in 13:37 with a score of sixth (4:02.35) and Águeda Marqués, who placed third in the Nationals, will start in fourth place. His series was at 1:48 pm and his 4:03.78 was overtaken by his seven opponents.
Already in the evening session, The men’s 1,500m trio must pass the first lap, which starts at 7 p.m. For both brand and quality. Timed classification has been eliminated in all tests from the 800 metres, it will be necessary to finish in the top six of each of the four series to access the penultimate track test round that has historically reported the most success to Spanish athletics.
The recent national champion, Adel Mechaal, will open fire at 19:02 at 3:31:43 p.m. on 23 July in London. Along with the sensational Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen (3:27.14), Mario García Romo, a college student in the United States and fourth in the last World Cup event, will receive the second best mark of the year at 19:11. his series (3:29.18). , and the adopted Muleño Mohamed Katir will fight for third place at 19:20 with participants’ best personal score (3:28.76) and year (3:28.89).
It will be harder for rising Spanish-Cuban Yasiel Sotero, just 21 years old, to qualify for the album. and the ‘U-18 and ‘U-20 former European champion. Mario Pestano from Tenerife six times (eighth in Paris’03, eleventh in Helsinki’05, tenth in Osaka’07 and tenth in Berlin’09, eleventh in Daegu’11 and twelfth in Moscow’13 ) and also Frank Casañas, who is ninth in the nationalized Russian capital of Cuban origin; David Martínez is two places behind in Tokyo’91.