Fedra Luna continues her ascent and improves the South American record of the 3,000m indoor track

Argentine middle distance runners Phaedra Alana Luna AND Florence Borrelli confirmed their exceptional form by improving -both- the South American record of the 3,000m indoor track at the Eure meeting, which was held this weekend at the Jesse Owens stadium in the city of Val de Reuil, France.

The previous Saturday, Borelli had become the first South American to go down 9 minutes on “indoor” tracks, also clocking 8m.59.61 in France, during the meeting in Lyon (the woman from Mar del Plata also holds the South American record over this distance at ‘open). That same day, Luna – another rising Argentine athlete who has been training in Spain since last season – broke the South American record for the 1,500m indoor with 4m.12s.95 in Sabadell, Spain. For Luna it was her first time ever on the indoor slopes.

Now, in Val de Reuil, Luna is fourth with a new South American record of 8m.57s.59 and Borelli is fifth with 8m.58s.59, also below his previous leader.

The race was won by Ethiopian Diribe Welteji with the best world score of the season: 8m33s44. Welteji is one of the top middle distance runners on the world circuit and last July she placed 4th in the 1,500m dash at the World Championships in Oregon. She now preceded her compatriot Sembo Alawey (8m.35s.94) with the third place of German Hanna Klein with 8m36s42.

Fedra Luna, born on July 5, 1995, has recently made explosive progress and has become one of the figures of the Argentine national team at the Odesur Games in Asunción, at the end of last season, when she achieved double gold on 1,500 and 5,000 square meters.

She also captured the Argentine record of the 1,500m in Castellón with 4m.11s.66 and was the Ibero-American runner-up in the 5,000m in Alicante. Borelli, for its part, is the owner of all the national brands on the road (from the 10 km to the marathon) and has also been the protagonist of a sensational 2022 with its victories in the Ibero-American and South American (Buenos Aires) half marathons and , In addition, the his gold medal from Odesur over 10,000 metres.