Athletics

Together with Paula Sevilla, David Garcia Zurita and Blanca Hervás, the Vizcaíno athlete Markel Fernández has won the silver medal at the Indoor Athletics World Championship in Torun, Poland, and has told us how he feels in an interview after arriving in the Basque Country.

The Navarre athlete has qualified for the semi-finals of the World Championships of covered track athletics thanks to a time of 7.65 and has shown that he remains in his best shape.

This is the fourteenth time that the 26-year-old Swede has improved his world record since breaking his first universal record in February 2020 after a 6.17 meter jump.

The Guipuzcoano sprinter has achieved the best mark recorded in this test, along with the quartet of athletes from Madrid and Navarre, in a competition held this weekend in Catalonia.

Dominic Lobalu, Abderrahmane Aferdi and Ayana Geneti have won in the male category, while Asayech Ayichew, Nigsti Molla and Francine Niyomukunzi have won in the female category.

This morning the tenth edition of the Arrasate-Udalatx was played, in which the Antzuolarra Ibai Larrea won for the third consecutive year, followed by the Catalan Luis Puigvert and the amezketarra Oier Zubeldia, third, while in the female category the Anoetarra Oihana Zubillaga was the fastest, followed by Carrodilla Cabestre.

The organizers plan to have about 30,000 athletes on the test by 2026.

This Sunday, January 18, the 82nd edition ofthe cross Juan Muguerza will be held in the fields of Mintxeta, with the presence of several first-class athletes, and will be followed live on Sunday from 12:00 on ETB1.

Oriotarra Martin Iriondo has improved Spain's record of 5,000 meters on the covered track in the sub-20 category, setting the new record in the Boston tournament, 8 seconds less than Martin Fizen's mark: 14:05:96.

The seventh edition of the Amurrio International Cross has been contested today, withYounes Kniya (28:27) in the male category and Dorcus Chepkwemoi (32:41) in the female category.

Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei has won the 45th edition of the Valencia Marathon with the world's best mark of the year: 02:14:00, while Kenyan John Korir has prevailed in the male category with authority, with a time of 02:02:24.

Runner Antonio Berasategi hasn't missed the San Sebastian Marathon since 1980.

Antonio Berasategi has not missed the San Sebastian Marathon since his first participation in 1980. The Idiazabal runner will be interviewed this Sunday in the program "Helmuga".