The great pre-Olympic athletic event of 2023 will put on a great show from this Saturday to Sunday the 27th At the upcoming World Cup at the National Athletics Center in Budapest, a struggling Spanish team will try to build on the baggage of the last event… and from day one!
In Eugene, Spain added bronzes by Mohamed Katir (1,500) and the now-defunct Asier Martínez (110 disabled).), best balance since Moscow’13 (silver, Ruth Beitia at altitude and Miguel Ángel López at 20km walk). Then gold for López in Beijing’15, no medals in London’17 and bronze at 110 hurdles for another big loss as Orlando Ortega. There will be no figures like Ana Peleteiro (triple hurdles), Jorge Ureña (decathlon), Eusebio Cáceres (longitude), Sara Gallego (400 hurdles), Tere Errandonea (100 hurdles) or walker Laura García-Caro.
expected internationally with strong emotions Great figures like Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1,500 and 5,000), Kenyan Faith Kipyegon (double the same two tests), Dutch Femke Bol (400 hurdles and women and mixed 4×400), Swedish Armand Duplantis (pole vault), Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas (triple jumper) ), Dutch Sifan Hassan (1,500, 5,000 and 10,000) and American Ryan Crouser (weight) and Noah Lyles (100, 200 and 4×100).
Serious medal option
The World Cup will start at 08:50. 20km men’s march in a hot and humid environment where Spain has well-founded possibilities to unpack. Heroes’ Square (Hösök tere), six kilometers from the stadium, will be the starting and ending point of a two-kilometer track with the ‘Seven Hungarian chiefs’ monument.
Great option Álvaro Martín from Extremaduragold in the last two European, fourth at the Tokyo Games and seventh at the recent World Cups. “I’ve come as best I can and I haven’t reached my limit yet,” the Prensa Ibérica group told SPORT last Thursday.
Martín is sixth of the year (1h:18.49) in a list dominated by the Chinese Jun Zhang (1h:17.38). Italian Olympic champion Massimo Stano and Japanese Toshikazu Yamanishi, gold medalist of the last two World Cups, stand out. There will also be European bronze Diego García (1h:19.25) and Luis Alberto Amezcua (1h:20.24).
attack on Milqui
Six of the 1,500 Spaniards will seek passes for the ‘semi-finals’ in a series where there will be tickets for positions only. Women will start at 13:15. National champion Esther Guerrero Kenyan world record holder Faith Kipyegon will take part in the second series, with fifth place of the year, Marta Pérez sixth (4:02.35) third, Águeda Marqués fourth and Águeda Marqués to start. 4:03.78 beats seven opponents. They spend six of each series.
And to open the evening, The men’s race will be held at 19:02. National gold Adel Mechaal shoots with 3:31.43 Along with Norwegian Ingebrigtsen (3:27.14) from Paris, runner-up Mario García Romo is runner-up (3:29.18) and Mohamed Katir will start with personal best of the year (3:28.76) and third of the year ( 3:28.89). The top five of each series will be the ‘semi-finals’.
Before, Three series of 3,000-meter hurdles starts at 11:35 with Dani Arce (8:10.63) third of the year second and Víctor Ruiz fifth with 8:13.89. First five passes. At 12:25, Fátima Diamé (6.81 this year), Tessy Ebosele (6.80) and Catalan “combinera” María Vicente (6.77) will compete for a 6.80 long final or place in the top 12. And in the afternoon, Havana young man Jasiel Sotero (64.68) will seek a 66.50 disc final.
100 smooth and three finishes
American Fred Kerley will start the championship defense smoothly in the first 100 rounds this Saturday afternoon., semi-finals and finals and tests to be determined tomorrow. In addition, today the men’s heavyweight, mixed 4×400 relay (semi-final and final) and women’s 10,000m races, which are Ryan Crouser’s favourite, have been concluded.