Miguel Ángel López turns into European 35km Race Strolling champion in Munich. FILIP SINGER/(EFE)
Spain shines with two medals, Miguel Ángel López, 34 from Murcia was proclaimed European champion in Munich, within the 35 km stroll, a distance that’s getting used for the primary time this season in main competitions. Additionally competing Manuel Bermúdez, 24 from Ciez completed fourth.
It’s the first gold medal for Spanish athletics on the European Athletics Championships in Munich.
Lopez returns to the highest after seven years with none placings within the large championships. In line with La Verdad, Lopez has spent seven years on the sofa, on the lookout for an evidence and questioning why from sooner or later to the subsequent he had stopped being the most effective. He couldn’t qualify to compete for medals within the main championships. This lastly got here to an finish at this time in Munich.
The place Lopez accomplished an excellent race, beginning at kilometre 6 and gaining an incredible benefit that elevated as time glided by. Lopez was at all times greater than two minutes forward of the group that was chasing him.
López collected such a margin, that the final kilometres had been a triumphant stroll for him. On the ultimate lap he had time to cease for a second to hug his coach, the veteran José Antonio Carrillo, who has skilled many abilities during the last three a long time.
He crossed the end line with a time of two:26.49, a barely higher time than the one which just lately gave him tenth place on the World Championships in Eugene. He had time to benefit from the last stretch, taking the Spanish flag and savouring his return to the elite prime of his sport after seven years.
Germany’s Linke took silver and Bermúdez, got here near bronze. He was overtaken by the Italian Giuponi, settling for fourth place, his first large lead to a world championship.
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