Two eight -converted eighty ones for 1,500 give the first joys to the small Spanish delegation in the World Cup in Nanjing covered track. Adrián Ben and Mariano García will be in the final of Sunday after overcoming their respective series in a very different way. The Galician touched the first, the fastest and had to suffer to follow the wake of the British Neil Gourley and the American Samuel Prakel, two of the favorites to accompany Jakob Ingebrigttsen on the podium, the two who entered by positions in the final. Ben’s third position, with a personal brand (3: 36.95), forced him to wait for the rest of the series, much slower, to certify the classification.
Mariano García had it easier. He won the last series, slow, after waiting for group tail until the last 500. His acceleration was finally. The least was the chrono in the finish line, a 4: 02.68 quite dishonorable for a World Cup.
García and Ben’s performance contrasts with what happened in the European of Apeldoorn, where neither Mohamed Attaaui nor Ignacio Fontes managed to sneak into the final.
Nor suffered to qualify, of course, Jakob Ingebrigtsen. The Norwegian, used a tactic similar to that of ‘La Moto’ Murciana, crouch at the bottom of the platoon until he saw the moment of rhythm the right thing to leave everyone behind. The Norwegian giant aspires to repeat in Nanjing the double that he already achieved in Apeldoorn (1,500 and 3000). They would be its first worldwide titles.
Like Ben and Mariano, Esther Guerrero was also eightocentist, although in his case the jump at 1,500 arrived much longer. The Catalan, faithful to her appointment with the finals, will also be in the kilometer and a half female. Classified by positions, Third entered her series after the British Georgia Hunter Bell and the Australian Georgia Griffith, leaving out the Ethiopian Worknesh Melele.
The good news on the track continued in 800, where Josué Canales, Álvaro de Arriba and Lorea Ibarzabal advanced to the semifinals. In that round, Guillem Crespí stayed in the 60s smooth. The Catalan, fifth in the European, occupied that same position in the penultimate Ronda de Nanjing with 6.64, far from the 6.58 that has signed this course that had put him in a final that the British Jeremiah Azu won with 6.49, the same time that earned him to proclaim himself European champion in Appealoorn.
Next to 60, four other finals were played on the first World Cup day. The Italian Andy Díaz, also European champion, took the gold in triple jump with a jump of 17.80 meters, best record of the season. In height the Korean Sanghyoak Woo (2.31) was imposed; In female weight, the Canadian Sarah Mitton (20.48), and in Pentatlón triumphed the Finns Saga Vanninen.
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