The Spanish Sofía Santacreu He revalidated on Saturday his title of U-20 European champion in the 10 kilometers marches, while his compatriot Aldara Meilán The bronze was hung in an outstanding performance for Spain in the European championships of sub-20 athletics that are disputed in Tampere (Finland).
Santacreu, defender of the crown achieved two years ago in Jerusalemcrossed the goal with a time of 43: 47.89which meant not only a new personal brand for the athlete, then set at 43:57, but also The best time in the world in the U-20 category.
Currently, the Catalan also leads the U-20 European ranking in 5,000 meters march.
For its part, the Galician Aldara Meilán took bronze, only after the Italian Serena Di Fabio, after signing 44: 15.89, also managing to beat her best personal brand, before 45: 06.75.
Claudia Ventura, who was gone by teams of the European march championships for nations of 2025, of Podebrady (Czech Republic) with Santacreu, was fifth with a time of 44: 43.01.
With these two more medals, Spain made the leap to the head of the general medallero of these sub-20 championships, with 4 medals, after the two golds achieved Friday by Andrea Tankeu, in the launch of a women's disc, and Ander Garaiar, in 100 meters male
