This Friday starts in Torun (Poland) the Short Track World Athletics Championship with the celebration of first nine events of a competition which lasts until next Sunday, March 22, and which faces its first session with Spanish presence in several tests, among them, the 800 meter dash and the 400 meter dash.
The day begins, as is traditional, with the dispute of the 60 meter dash of the heptathlon, the men’s combined test, followed by the first knockout round in the men’s individual event, where Guillem Crespí opens the Spanish participation that rises to 22 athletes in these championships.
The second test of the heptathlon, the long jump, begins to outline the options of the combiners before the program moves on to the eliminatory series of the middle distance races: 400 meters and 800 meters.
The athletes Blanca Hervás and Paula Sevilla face classification in the 400 meters dash before it starts the first grand final of the championships: the women’s high jump, test without Spanish presence.
Afterwards, the first round of the men’s 400 meter dash will be run, where Markel Fernández and David García They will look for a place in the semifinals, while Rocío Arroyo and Lorea Ibarzabal They will try the same in the eliminatory of the 800 metros feminine.
His companions in the distance, Mohamed Attaoui and Elvin Josué Channels, They enter the fray just after the heptathlon long jumpthe last test of the day for the athletes competing in the men’s combined.
The recent Spanish 800 meters champion is emerging as the great medal option for the Spanish delegationespecially taking into account that last February he was on the verge of breaking the world record for the 1,000 meters at the Madrid athletics meeting held on the Gallur track.
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Schedules and tests
- 10:05 a.m. – Men’s 60 meters (heptathlon)
- 10:20am – Men’s 60 meters (series)
- 10:53am – long jump (heptathlon)
- 11:08h – Women’s 400 meters (series)
- 11:39h – FINAL: women’s high jump
- 12:01h – Men’s 400 meters (series)
- 12:51h – Women’s 800 meters (series)
- 12:57h – shot put (heptathlon)
- 13:26h – Men’s 800 meters (series)
