And Jaël Bestué qualifies the Spanish athletes: sixth in Europe
In the dizzying race of Spanish athletes, determined to reach the European podium by country, this Sunday Jaël Bestué, a sprinter from our country, emerged, and that is a relatively exceptional occurrence in our country.
Until now, and beyond the feats of Sandra Myers, back in the eighties and nineties, the presence of women's sprint had historically been limited to the successes of contemporary relay runners, such as Paula Sevilla , Maribel Pérez and Jaël Bestué. Runners-up at the world championships in May in Guangzhou, all of them are the offspring of the relay development programme designed by the Spanish Federation and led by Ricardo Diéguez, panter .
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Second also these days in the short relay of the European Championship by countries in Madrid (with a Spanish record: 42s11), the sprinters have put the icing on the cake this Sunday with the second place of Jaël Bestué (24) in the 200: she did it by winning in 22s19, a fascinating time, so much so that it is the record of the Championships and erases the 22s38 that Myers had held as a Spanish record for 35 years (1990).
Bestué's surge has qualified the Spanish team's drift, a candidate for the podium by country whose performance had been declining over the days until finishing sixth (378 points).
Second at the close of Friday's session (after Attaui's win in the 800m, Arce's second place in the 3,000m steeplechase and Marta García's second place in the 5,000m, and Paula Sevilla's third place in the 400m), the Spaniards had faded on Saturday (sixth) and were also struggling to find their form this Sunday, except for Bestué's flash.
Thierry Ndikumwenayo finished third in the slow 5,000m (13:45:38); Marta Serrano was fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase, as was Adrián Ben in the 1,500m and the mixed relay, and Manu Quijero placed sixth in the javelin (77.26m).
The Italians have been on display, led by Fabbri in weight and Iapichino in length, unstoppable from the first day: they have gone up to 431.5 points to renew their 2023 title. Behind them, Poland (405.5) and Germany (397).
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