Belén Casetta, with the Argentine flag, at Ibero-American Athletics where she won gold in the 3,000 meters with hurdles.
A very good day happened to the Argentine athletics team, this Saturday, May 21, on the second and final day of the competitions of Iberoamerican Championship in Spainone of his biggest commitments of the season.
Returning to her best level, Belén Casetta took control of 3,000 meters with hurdles, while Elian Larregina he shone with his bronze medal and Argentine record in the 400 meters (45s78). There was also a bronze medal for Germán Chiaraviglio, who at the age of 35 is still installed on the pole vault podium of these championships, which he has already won four times.
A world finalist in London 2017, Casetta has gone through several ups and downs since then. But this season he has regained his best form and in a competition with demanding rivals he imposed his stamp. She set a time of 9m29s60, close to her own best and finished with the championship record, achieved by Spanish Rosa Morató (9m40s26) twelve years ago. In addition, he achieved lowest score for this year’s World Cup.
Caroline Lozanofifth with 9m49s16, had a good performance as she achieved the best time of her life in this test, where Casetta joined on the podium the Spanish Irene Sánchez-Escribano (9m37s08) and the Brazilian Tatiane Raquel da Silva (9m42s06).
Belén Casetta at the opening ceremony of the Iberoamerican Athletics Championships in Alicante. Photo on Instagram @belencasetta
In another most demanding event on the schedule, the 400-meter race, Larregina broke the Argentine record, which she holds with 45.87 since March last year in Concepción del Uruguay.
Today he took the bronze medal, becoming the fourth Argentine in history to reach the podium in this event. This was done by John Dyrzka, runner-up in 1962; Guillermo Cacian, third in 1994; and Gustavo Aguirre, also third in 2000.
Larregina, born in Suipacha, is surpassed only by a pair of favorites: Dominicans Lidio Feliz (44.64, championship record) and Luguelín Santos (45.50), former Olympic runner-up.
Germán Chiaraviglio with Cubans Yaimé Pérez and Lázaro Martínez at the preview of the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante. Photo on Twitter @atletismoRFEA
The pole vault is the territory of the local Didiac Salas with 5.40 meters, followed by Portuguese Rubem Miranda with 5.35. Chiaraviglio was at 5.30, failed his two attempts at 5.40 and the last, where he staked five centimeters higher.
This series of medals includes the achievements of two of the best performances in Argentine athletics in recent seasons, sprinter Franco Florio (third in the 100 meters) and Marcos Julián Molina (third in the 3,000 meter hurdles), on Friday.
in the high jump, Carlos Layoy He surpassed 2.18 meters and ranked fifth. He has not retained his title from the previous edition (Trujillo 2018), but he is within his level, faced with very tough competition, with world-class values, such as the Mexican Edgar Rivera and the Brazilian Thiago Julio Alfano Moura, who passed. the 2.26.
Another difficult and equal test was the women’s 1,500 meters, where she made her debut Phaedra Luna Sambranremains sixth with 4m18s80 (he leaves Mariana Borelli).
And they also fought this Saturday Maximilian Diaz (7th in triple jump with 16.01 meters), Florence Lamboglia (advance to Sunday’s 200m final) and John Manuel Cano (7th in walking 10 thousand meters on the track).
Florencia Borelli will commit on Sunday to a half marathon. Picture Maxi Failla
Within the program for Sunday, May 22, included half marathon races, held in the nearby town of Torrevieja and that coincided with the popular trials, in solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine.
Argentina will have two of its great numbers today, Florencia Borelli and Diana Ocampo, which came from breaking track records at 3,000 and 10,000 meters, respectively. The Mendoza Antonio Jesus Poblete and former Olympic marathoner Miguel Angel Barzola They will take the representation in the men’s 21k.
Source: Clarin