Spain wins silver medal for teams in European women’s marathon

The national team is just behind Germany in unified times. Poland finished third with individual winner Alexandra Lisowska.

Marta Galimany, Irene Pelayo, Elena Loyo and Laura Méndez They were components of the Spanish team.

Galimany, which comes with fourteenth best brand Ranked 48th in the European standings, she had a good race at age 36 and became the first Spaniard to cross the finish line 2:31:14, 2:39 behind the individual winner, Aleksandra Lisowska.

Tarragona athlete, jordi allher husband prepared this continental championship by combining training sessions at sea level for five weeks at the altitude of Font Romeu, something that kept him in good shape in Bavaria, where he showed his ability to resist. set yourself apart from the top positions for most of the race.

Second Spaniard to finish Irene Pelayo (2h33:15) in the sixteenth place and in the third place Elena Loyo (2h34:56), both get the best marks of the season. Laura Mendez With 2:39:15, he was the fourth Spaniard in 31st place. For the general by teams, only the top three points of each country were counted.

Spain finished second with an overall time of 7:39:25, outpacing Germany with its three top athletes at 7:28:48. Poland finished third with the outstanding performance of Aleksandra Lisowska, who excelled at the decisive moment of the race and stopped the clock just six seconds behind the Croatian driver at 2h28:36. Matthew Parlov silver. Third, Dutch Nienke Brinkman hung the bronze medal by winning the sprint to the germans Miriam Datke.

Lisowska from the start of the race head groupTill we reach the decisive final with only four athletes with a choice of medals, decreasing as the kilometers pass.

Irene Pelayo 42 years, 5 months and 30 days, She became the oldest Spanish athlete to compete in the European Championships, surpassing Marina Prat, who competed in the 1990 marathon at the age of 39 years, 6 months and 15 days.