Spain featured in Munich: four golds and bronzes in the medal table

“These Europeans are a challenge. The challenge is to overcome ten medals and 26 finals from Berlin 2018. We want to finish in the top five in the leaderboards.” This was the goal that the Royal Spanish Athletic Federation had set before going to Munich, its president Raúl Chapado told EFE. Figures from the continental championship in Munich good for spain in medals, finalists and third place in the overall medal table led by Germany. More Spaniards took the podium with 15 medals and six golds in Munich 2002 alone, and 11 metals in Goteborg 2006.

attribution ranking by points, Spain finished in fourth place With 132, it is behind only Germany, Great Britain and Italy. This is the best result since the 28 finalists of Barcelona 2010 and the fourth best in history.

“The balance is very positive. What I love most is what we’ve been relaying from recent years, the high level of competitiveness that athletes have. At least, nothing. We achieved some performance that was logically below expectations, but this is statistically normal. There is nothing that disappointed me deeply”, valued coach José Peiró.

medalists

this marathon and walking were again great pleasure disciplines. for the Spanish delegation

For the sixth time at the European Championships, Spain took the podium of 42,195 meters and on this occasion, twice, as in Berlin 2018. The women’s team, consisting of Marta Galimany, Elena Loyo, Irene Pelayo, and Laura Méndez, hanged the silver and bronze man, made up of Ayad Lamdassem, Dani Mateo, Abdelaziz Merzougui, Yago Rojo, and Jorge Blanco.

The walk also contributed four medals. Two golds for Miguel Ángel López (35 km) and Álvaro Martín (20), a silver for Raquel González (35) and a bronze for Diego García Carrera (20), demonstrated a good level of discipline from the first medal in Prague. 1978 awarded twenty-two metals at the continental championships.

Mariano GarciaIn March, after the world gold under the roof of Belgrade, climbed back to the top of the podium at the 800, this time in an open Europe. With a personal best of 1:44.85, the Murcia man showed the confidence and the good moment to lead a very fast race and beat the 1,500m world champion Englishman Jake Wightman.

also rose Navarrese Asier Martínez at the top of the podiumAt the age of 22, he won a thrilling gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles by doing just one thousandth. It’s the culmination of a season in which he also celebrated the bronze medal at the World Championships in Eugene, as did Mohammed Katir, the same summer who finished double and was the only person to try to face off against the omnipotent in the 5,000m. Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway collecting the titles. His attitude and level in Munich bodes well for Murcian if this progress continues.

The man from Salamanca also faced Ingebrigtsen Mario García Romo, who won bronze in the 1,500, a huge success, just as it took fourth place at the World Championships in Eugene. His medium-term obsession is to beat the Norwegian. “To become a legend, you have to beat the legends,” he admits.

One step away from the podium

Another athlete who made a big splash in this Europe was Barcelona. Sara Gallego placed fourth in the 400 handicaps at age 21, the absolute best position of a Spanish athlete in a continental championship in this discipline. His future is promising, as is Pol Retamal, who finished sixth in the 200m at his first European Championship. Walkers Alberto Amezcua and Manuel Bermúdez, who debuted at the Continental outdoor championship, and Daniel Arce at the 3,000 hurdles were one step away from the medals, finishing fourth.

Eusebio Cáceres appears in fourth place. The Alicante long jumper failed to exceed eight meters at the 2013 Moscow World Cup, the 2014 Zurich European Championships or the 2019 Glasgow Indoor European Championships, and again smeared honey on his lips. He said that after the “It pisses me off being this bad” contest, he realized he missed a big opportunity this time with not-so-high grades.

those who was about to give joy there were two relays. One, the men’s 4×400, comprised of Samuel García, Lucas Búa, Oscar Husillos, Iñaki Cañal and Manuel Guijarro, set a national record and finished fourth, in the same position as the women’s 4×100 of Sonia Molina-Prados, Jäel Bestué, Paula Sevilla and Maribel Pérez, who records the fourth fastest time in team history.

Among the athletes failed to reach target Among those who had fought for at least the medals and expected more were Soriana’s Marta Pérez, who was just seven hundred behind in the 1,500 qualifying round, Adel Mechaal, who was fourteenth in the 5,000, and Adrián Ben, the penultimate best time. Semi-final pitchers out of 800 or none of whom were finalists.

international stars

Among the great heroes of Europe, the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen celebrates victories at 1,500 and 5,000 in just 48 hours and confirmed his status as a world star and the main international rival to beat in midfield.

He stood on the podium to collect three times 22-year-old Dutch young woman three gold Femke BolThe 400, 400 hurdles and 4×400 relay winners achieved a historic trio.

Stubborn Swede Armand Duplantis shown againlooks unbeatable in the pole vault. In Munich, he didn’t have to work hard to retain the crown he won in Berlin four years ago and won with a championship record of 6.06.

Italian Lamont Marcel Jacobs, the lone European in the semi-finals of the World Cup recently held in Eugene, also starred and became the new king of continental speed alongside local star German Gina Lückenkemper. Stadium Munich Olympic track will win in the 100m run.