Athletics

The Villa Suso Palace in Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the presentation this morning. The test will start at 7 a.m. in the Ullibarri swamp and end in Plaza Nueva. The race has been secured for another four years.

Martin Segurola beat the Basque Country record in the 800-meter race with a spectacular finish, while Irati Mitxelena achieved a six-foot, 77-inch jump, the minimum to compete in the European Championship.

Markel Fernandez, an athlete who specializes in speed racing, has a wide palmaris behind him. The Biscayan is very proud of what he has achieved, but he has his eyes on the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Next Saturday, the Jose Antonio Peña International Meeting can be followed live from 17:45 on sports eitb.eus, from 19:45 on ETB1One and from 21:00 on ETB1.

Donostiarra athlete Irati Mitxelena will be one of the great attractions of the Ordizia Meeting. She has stabilized herself among the best in the long jump, has managed to normalize her jump of 6 "60. As an ordiziarra mother, she is eager to compete at home.

The American athlete, the current 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic world champion, has lowered Jamaican Kishane Thompson's record by 25 hundredths.

In the male category, Antonio BenitoK, and in the female category, Alanis Sifferthave won the Zarautz Triathlon. Both were among the favorites, so there have been no surprises.

In the male category, Mikel Arrasatehas done a great job and has been second. In the female category, Helene Alberdi has been second. 

Last April 26 was played in Oñati the 21st edition of the Climb to Aloña, a race with a level of 22.6 km and 1868 m. In the male category the winner was the azpeitiarra Ibai Angulo, while in the female category the oñatiarra Ainara Uribarri. 

The retired athlete in 2022 holds 11 Olympic medals in his palmaris.

"Thirty years ago I would not have imagined that, while I am alive, I would have seen a man descend from two hours in an official marathon," admits gasteiztarra Martin Fiz, world marathon champion in Gothenburg in 1995. The Alavés believes that all the ingredients have come together: first-class athletes, footwear evolution, and personalized nutrition and hydration.

At the end of the registration period, the organizers will hold the Behobia-San Sebastián ridges draw on April 29. The half marathon will take place on November 8. 

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.