This result from the Benfica athlete, specialist in the 1500 meters, places him in second place in the all-time ranking, surpassing Álvaro Silva (1.45.12) and remaining only 20 hundredths behind the Portuguese record of Rui Silva (1.44. 91).
Another course with many Portuguese competing in Europe with a big highlight: Isaac Nader achieved an excellent result in the 800 meters at the Marseille Meeting (France), finishing with a personal best (1m45s11”).
This result from the Benfica athlete, specialist in the 1500 meters, places him in second place in the all-time ranking, surpassing Álvaro Silva (1.45.12) and remaining only 20 hundredths behind the Portuguese record of Rui Silva (1.44. 91).
This same meeting, three other Portuguese competed: Omar Elkhatib finished third in the 400 meters, with a time of 45.68 seconds (another good step towards a rise in the world rankings); Salomé Afonso placed fifth in the 1500 meters (4:06.26"); in the same place was Fatoumata Diallo, but in the 400m hurdles (55.81 seconds).
Meanwhile, in Norway, Patrícia Silva (Sporting) finished second in the 800 meters (2:03.33") and Nuno Pereira (Sporting) third in the 1500 meters (3:37.95", his best mark of the season ), at the Trond Mohn Games, in Bergen.
In Spain, many sports fans in Castellon, in a usual "confrontation" in Castellon, with Playas de Castellon, since the suspension of the European Athletics Champion Clubs Cup.
Lorene Bazolo achieved the best Portuguese ranking by winning the 100 meter race, with a time of 11.45 seconds (v: +0.8 m/s). In the triple jump, Tiago Pereira obtained second place with a mark of 16.66 meters (0.6 m/s). Middle distance runner Ruben Amaral had an excellent race, with a third place over 1500 meters, with a personal best: 3:38.19”.
Beyond the podiums, a few others. Delvis Santos finished fourth in the 100 meters (10.50 seconds, v: +1.8 m/s); like Edujose Lima in the discus throw (55.47); André Pimenta finished fifth in the long jump, with 7.32 m (+2.8 m/s). In the final race of the program, the 10,000 meters, Miguel Marques finished fifth, with 29m33s15″.
Among the women, Jessica Barreira was fourth (13.51 s) and Olímpia Barbosa fifth (13.64) in the 100 meter hurdles (v: +2.8 m(s); and Evelise Veiga was fifth in the long jump , with 6.47 m (+2.8 m/s); just like Marta Araújo (5th), in the high jump where she cleared 1.69 meters and Márcia Maketa finished seventh in the hammer throw (50.77). m);
Still in Spain, but in the “Nerja Challenge”, José Carlos Pinto finished fourth in the 1500 meters, with a time of 3m37s81” (with today's races, Portugal has four Portuguese under 3m39s).
In the Czech Republic, in Kladno, sports athlete Jessica Inchude ranked fifth with a mark of 18.15 meters in the shot put.
Source et photo : FPA
