Aragonese Sergio del Barrio crowned European Under-20 3,000 Slalom Champion

Athletes from Alcampo Scorpio 71 Sergio Del Barrio Return to the podium in European races.This time it is already in Euro 20 3,000 handicap testwhich was held in Jerusalem, he won with a time of 8:46.81.

In this way, the athlete confirms his status as the great hope of Spanish athletics. Del Barrio reached the final on Tuesday 8 July in a tight qualifying round. He will therefore join Rubén Egea from Zaragoza, who also secured a place in the 1,500m final last Monday. He succeeds his compatriot Pol Oriach for the top 20 European 3000m steeplechase. He is the fourth Spaniard to win a gold medal in the event’s history, The third Aragonese after the aforementioned Oriach (2021) and Toni Abadía (2009).

The 18-year-old Aragon international came as no surprise, taking the lead at the first turn of the track and maintaining it with great authority throughout the race.The only one who kept up with him but kept a distance was the Hungarian Soma KovacsFinally won the bronze medal (8:47:50), the last section was overtaken by the Frenchman Pierre Boudy (8:47:04), who won the silver medal with an excellent final sprint.

The athlete from Zaragoza still had the strength to make a final attack with 400 meters remaining, although he struggled on the final straight and was on the verge of being overtaken by the two pursuers who were less than a second behind him. , giving a little excitement at the end of the test.

Jerusalem is a magical city for Sergio del Barrio, where he won the European Under-18 2,000-meter hurdles title last year and broke his own Spanish record (5 minutes 38.55 seconds). In that event, he entered the event last season as the European leader, with a time of 5 minutes 41.11 seconds in Normandy gymnastics, where Del Barrio won the silver medal. This time it was already Spain’s under-18 obstacle course record of 2,000 hurdles, but the long-distance runner from Zaragoza managed to break it, taking just over two seconds to hold the mark at 5 minutes 38.55 seconds.

Athletes trained by Alfredo García Lajusticia He is already close to the best European time of the season, making him the first choice to win this year with a time of 8:39.16. With this, he reaffirmed his victory in the 2000m steeplechase in the under-18 category last year.

Elena Guiu, 4th in the Spanish Relay

In addition to Sergio Del Barrio’s title, the Aragonese team has had more success in European competitions in Jerusalem. Specifically, Athlete Elena Guiu takes fourth place in the Spanish 4x100m relay

Composed of Eva Ibarra, Yissis Cortijo, Ana Irene Elewe and Elena Guiu herself. The Spanish foursome ran the 400m in 45.032.

olive, bronze 800

Elsewhere, 18-year-old Ronaldo Olivo, who finished fourth in the 800m final, ended up on the podium with a time of 1:47 after the third-placed Czech was disqualified. bronze medal. : 39, together with the first classification, Switzerland Ramon Vipfry (1:47:20) The second is the Frenchman Thomas Max de Andrade (1:47:29).