Mohamed Katir from Murcia, Mario García Romo from Salamanca and Ignacio Fontes from Granadathree Spanish socialites in some world Championship outdoor, Eugene qualified for the 1500 finalin three cases by positions, without having to wait for the playoffs.
Spain has not had three representatives in the 1,500 world finals since Osaka 2007.When Sergio Gallardo (seventh), Arturo Casado (12) and Juan Carlos Higuero (13) enter.
García Romo and Ignacio Fontes shared a very tough first semi-final with Olympic champion Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen; outdoor world champion Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot and indoor world champion Samuel Tefera. To get automatic classification had to finish in the top five and the repechage only gave two more places.
Ingebrigtsen took the lead to establish a lively pace and the Spaniards had positioning issues. Fontes is far behind and García Romo is locked upbut both solved the problem in the last 100.
The man from Salamanca, with tremendous composure, invented a space between a cloud of elbows to advance to the second row (3:37.01), behind England’s Josh Kerr (Olympic bronze), and the Granada man rushed straight to fifth place (3:37.21), finishing last in the standings.
To the Spanish champion and national record holder, Mo Katir had a second career with less famous people seven of them have a better track record this year, though.
Australian Stewart McSweyn cleared the race at the forefront of the pack with his generous effort and made the Spaniard’s job easier. He finished second with 3:34.45Behind Kenyan Abel Kipsang (3:33.68).
men’s 1500 final will be played next tuesday at 19:30 local time (4:30 on Wednesday in Spain).