The Spanish Sub-20 team reached glory in a historic European Championship When achieving 14 medals, 5 golds, 3 silver and 6 bronz in Tampere (Finlandia)of which seven were for athletes of the Valencian Community. Space Third ends of the medallero, only surpassed by Italia (6-3-5) y Great Britain (5-7-1).
The championship was a demonstration of a generation that has a great future and that has shone in tests so far reserved for other countries, such as speed, relay, midfund, background (obstacles), fences, jumps and releases, in addition to the march, which is a safe value.
As for the Valencians, Joan Querol, in 10,000 march, and Rafa Mahiques, wild boar, rose to the top of the podium; Iker Moreno, 400 fences and Martí Torregrosa, 3,000 obstacles, hung La Plata and Moreno and Helio Marco repeated in 4×400; While Daniel Monfort was bronze in 10,000 march
The other protagonists of the medals in Finland were Ander Garaiar, in 100 meters, Andrea Tankeu on album, Sofía Santacreu in 10,000 meters march, then the bronzes of Oriol Sánchez arrived in the 200 meters, from Aldara Meil in 10,000 march, Aaron Ceballos in 800 meters, Andrés Lara in 3,000 obstacles and Ona Bonet in height.
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In today's evening session, pitcher Rafael Mahiques became the new U20 European champion in javelin with a 76.30 meters brand achieved in the fourth attempt.
The Valencian, champion of Spain Sub 20 and who has the national record of the category with 77.60 meters achieved in Badajoz, had to wait for the German Oskar Jänicke to end the contest to celebrate its success, since it was its main rival and in fact it was silver with 76,17, 13 centimeters less than Mahiques.
The Polish Roch Krukowski was bronze with 76.01 meters, while the Spaniards Hailu Estrambe were seventh, with 69.84 meters, in his first attempt, and Alejandro Esteban was thirteenth with 64,91.
The 4×400 male relay won the fourteenth and last medal of the Spanish Sub 20 team in the European Championship that concluded in Tampere (Finland) by conquering the silver medal with a time of 3: 06.83 and beat the national surpluts sub 23.
They gave only to the Czech Republic, which won with 3.05.79 and beat the continental record of the category in a great race.
The Spanish quartet was formed by Iker Moreno, Aarón Gastón, Helio Marco and Óscar Crespo and from the first moment he maintained the second position in the final.
The exhibition of the Spanish team continued in the U -20 European Championship of Tampere (Finland) continued with double success with silver and bronze in the 3,000 meters obstacles.
Martí Torregrosa was second with a mark of 8: 45.20 Personal registration, while Andrés Lara ended third with a record of 8: 45.53, with which his time also improved.
Bakr El Arsi, the third Spaniard in the final of 3,000 obstacles, also shone in the race and ended fifth with 8: 49.47.
The Turk Kiyasettin Kara coinquisted the gold medal in the distance with a record of 8: 43.55, which allowed him to win with authority in the Finnish city.
Ona Bonet, the height jumper born in Manresa (Barcelona), got a bronze in a test in which the selection had not risen to the podium in this category, not even the Olympic champion Ruth Beitia.
Bonet, who together with Granadaina a Stancev are the successors of the Cantabrian with very promising expectations, shone on the last day and was third with a 1.86 -meter mark that he achieved in the third attempt, after having exceeded 1.73, 1.77 and 1.80 to the first attempt, while later exceeded 1.86 in the second.
Then the medalist could not with 1.89 and 1.92 and was surpassed by the Finns Mikkola, silver with 1.89 meters, and the Hungarian Lilianna Bátori, with the same mark, but with less null.
