Anthony Zambrano still has not achieved the minimum mark to go to the Paris 2024 Olympics

In the preliminary test, on Saturday morning, Zambrano won his heat, but his time was opaque, 46:51. He improved in the final at night, but he couldn’t get the mark either: the clock stopped at 46:05.

The athlete still has a chance to achieve the mark, but time is short and he will have to work hard if he wants to return to the Olympics.

It should be remembered that the Bolivarian has suffered, after 2021, due to a series of injuries that have not allowed him to return to the highest level. The one that hurt him the most was one that he suffered in the groin.

Zambrano had initially achieved the mark at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he achieved, in the fourth series, a mark of 44 seconds and 92 hundredths. However, he was disqualified for lane invasion and, although he had made it to the semi-finals, he was eliminated.

For the same reason, Zambrano was also disqualified from the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, where he had won the bronze medal.

Last year, at the National Interclubes, Zambrano won the event, but his time was far from the mark, 48:46. In the Meeting in Spain he won with a time of 46:04 and in the South American in Brazil he also won the gold, but stopped the clocks at 45:52.

Zambrano also won the gold medal in the National Games, but he lowered the intensity when he felt like a winner to celebrate with the fans and the mark rose to 46:19.

Zambrano has three more options left to get the brand: first, in the Bogotá Grand Prix, which will take place on May 25 and 26; then, in Cali, on June 15, and, finally, in the national Championship, also in the capital of the Valley, from June 28 to 30.

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