Closing of the bells for Spain at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun (Poland). The Spanish delegation has added three medals to its haul: a gold for Mariano García in 1,500m. and two bronzes, from Mohamed Attaoui in 800m. and the Spanish women’s relay in the 4×400. Three medals that bring the total number of medals for Spain to five, which finishes sixth in the medal table.
Mariano García bathes his motorcycle in gold in 1,500m.
The Spanish athlete Mariano García played the Spanish anthem for the first time at the Indoor World Championships that are disputed in the Polish city of Torun, after proclaiming new world champion of the 1,500 meters.
Garcia, who He clocked a time of 3:39.63 minutes, 33 hundredths ahead of the Portuguese Isaac Nader.current outdoor world champion, who had to settle for silver with a time of 3:40.06. Australian Adam Spencer completed the podium, taking bronze with a time of 3:40.26 minutes.
For his part, the other Spanish representative, Carlos Sáez from Barcelona, finished eighth with a time of 3:42.46.
Mohamed Attaoui, bronce in 800 m
The great afternoon of Spanish athletics had its second milestone in the 800 meters final, where Mohamed Attaoui, one of the big favorites for the final victory, won the bronze medal, with a time of 1:44.66the second best mark of his life.
Mohamed Attaoui, world 800 indoor bronze
The Spanish athlete followed his usual strategy, placing himself at the back of the group at the start of the race and then launching a final attack with which he managed to place himself in third position. He could not reach, however, Cooper Lutkenhaus, gold and youngest medalist in history at 17 years old, and the Belgian Crestan, silver medal.
Bronze in the final of the women’s 4×400 relay
The women’s 4×400 team won the fifth medal for the Spanish delegation in the World Indoor Championships, after taking bronze in the long relay with a time of 3:26.04 minutes.
The quarter made up of Paula Sevilla, Ana Prieto, Rocio Arroyo and Blanca Hervás He was just 4 hundredths away from the silver medal, which went to the Dutch team with a time of 3:26.00.
Spain, bronze in the women’s 4×400 relay at the World Indoor Athletics Championships
The Spanish team was further away from the winners, the United States quartet, which revalidated the gold they won last year in the Chinese city of Nanjing with a time of 3:25.81 minutes.
Eusebio Cáceres, eighth in length
For his part, the Alicante jumper Eusebio Cáceres achieved a creditable finalist place after finishing eighth in the length final with a best attempt of 8.04 meters. Fifteen centimeters less than the 8.19 that he achieved last February in the Spanish Championships and that allowed him, at 34 years old, to compete in a new major international event.
Eusebio Cáceres was far from the metals, as witnessed by the 27 centimeters that separated him from the bronze medal that went to the Bulgarian Bozhidar Sarâboyukov with a best attempt of 8.31 meters. The Spanish was further away from the surprising winner, the Portuguese Gerson Baldé who with a mark of 8.46 took the gold from the Italian Mattia Furlani, the champion last year in Nanjing, who had to settle for silver this time with a jump of 8.39 meters.
Beyond the Spanish presence in Torun, the last day saw a world record in the 60 m final. female hurdles, in which Bahamian Devyne Charlton equaled her own world record with a time of 7.65 seconds. A mark that allowed Charlton, 30, to become the first woman in history to chain three consecutive titles of universal indoor champion in the 60 hurdles, after the triumphs achieved in 2024 in Glasgow and last year in Nanjing.
