The Spanish women’s 4×400 meters relay, made up of Ana Prieto, Herminia Parra, Rocío Arroyo and Blanca Hervás, has reached the final of the European Outdoor Athletics Championship, which is being held in Birmingham (England), while her compatriot Yulenmis Aguilar has achieved it in the javelin throw.
During the fifth morning session of this competition at the Alexander Stadium, the ‘Golden Bubbles’ advanced to the next round after finishing second in their preliminary heat with 3:26.41, the eighth best Spanish mark ever; In a close outcome, Hervás finished off the work of her three teammates.
In the men’s series of the same event, the quartet formed by David García Zurita, Ángel García, Juan José de la Rosa and Bernat Erta finished theirs in fourth place with a time of 3:01.41, the seventh best Spanish mark in history, but staying out of the final.
Meanwhile, Aguilar made it to the final javelin event thanks to a first throw (59.85 m) that allowed her to finish second in her group and fifth best of all the participants. In the second attempt he reached 56.97 m and gave up the third attempt after verifying that his mark was sufficient to be a finalist.
The heptathlon also left the Spanish team with good feelings. The national record holder, María Vicente, is seventh in the general classification with 2,009 points; He started with 13.38 in the 110 meter hurdles and then equaled his best mark of the season in height by jumping 1.77 m. For her part, Sofía Cosculluela occupies the twenty-first position with 1,857 points, since she did 13.42 in those 110 mv and later 1.65 in height.
The negative came in the men’s 1,500 meters. In the first series, Carlos Sáez was involved in a fall with a rival with 500 meters to go, which left him with no options to fight for the first six places that gave access to the final and he finished with a time of 3:55.49.
And in the second series, Adrián Ben remained in the middle of the group for a good part of the race, but he could not fight in the sprint to the finish line and finished eighth (3:42.52); Mariano García did worse there, who lost contact with the leading group with 500 meters to go and finished fourteenth (3:44.99), eliminated like his compatriot.