Argentine Florencia Borelli is declared Alicante half marathon champion Photo: EFE
Confirming the good moment of the Argentine long distance runners, Florence Borelli, Daiana Ocampo and Antonio Jesus Poblete put together great performances and reached the podium of the half marathon Iberoamerican Athletics Championship, disputed this Sunday on the morning shift, in the town of Torrevieja (Alicante, Spain). The trial-in which Miguel Angel Bárzola also stands out in his 5th place-coincided with a popular one, in solidarity with the aggrieved Ukrainian people.
Borelli was declared champion of the 21k, what makes up the Argentina team’s second gold medal in this Ibero, added to Belén Casetta’s achievement -also native of Mar del Plata- the other day at 3,000 meters with obstacles.
Borelli and Daiana Ocampo finished a historic 1-2 in the women’s race and, despite the hot weather, they did so in very positive times: 1h11m59 for the champion and 1h13m13 for Daiana, who experienced remarkable progress. at track events (he snatched the national record of 10 thousand meters flat just eight days before at the Olympic Park of Buenos Aires).
Borelli, Barzola, Ocampo and Poblete. Historic day for Argentine long-distance runners at the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante.
Borelli joins this beautiful title as he has already won 5,000 flats of South American 2019 in Lima. He was accompanied by Ocampo, leaving the bronze medal for Spanish Marta Galimany with 1h13m23. Thus, Borelli extended a very good cycle of recent months that includes his success in the Buenos Aires Marathon, his national record for that distance in Seville (in February) and, on the track, becoming the first South American to fall in barrier of 9 minutes at 3,000 flat meters, last month in his hometown.
The athlete, trained by Leonardo Malgor, will now focus on preparing for the World Championships in Eugene/Oregon, where he will run the marathon, and Daiana also has a chance to qualify for the beautiful event in July.
Daina Ocampo, in action at the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante.
This Sunday’s men’s race was won by Peruvian Luis Ostos -recordman of 10 thousand meters in his country with 27m53s18 and recent winner of the National Marathon- who scored 1h04m46, just one second ahead of Poblete, an athlete from Mendoza and recently. has established itself as one of the best displays in our long-distance athletics. The bronze medal went to Spanish Jorge Blanco with 1h05m26 and the fourth place went to Andralino Semedo, from Cape Verde with 1h06m39. Miguel Bárzola, who just finished 40, has now achieved 5th place in 1h06m59.
Bárzola has lived in Alicante for more than a decade and represented Argentina in the 2012 London Olympic marathon, in addition to other high -level competitions. Borelli, Ocampo and Poblete just finished a training cycle at the top of Cachi.
In Ibero-American history, the most outstanding Argentine long-distance runners were Osvaldo Suárez (five titles between 5,000, 10,000 and marathons in 1960 and 1962), Antonio Silio (champion of 10,000 in 1998) and Javier. (won 5,000 in 2008).
Poblete’s joy after winning a silver medal in Alicante.
Source: Clarin
