Iñigo Urkullu, in the center, with the athletes at the reception. /
Olympic Games
such 2020
The Guipuzcoans Llopis, Chourraut, Azurmendi, Jainaga and Errandonea, have been received by Urkullu
The Lehendakari
Iñigo Urkullu has fired and supported this Friday in Fadura (Getxo) a
representation of the athletes who will compete in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. At the moment there are thirteen classified Basques and five Gipuzkoans attended the reception, among which the canoeist stood out.
Maialen Chourraut, gold in Rio 2016.
The badminton player also attended
Clara Azurmendi, the paralympic swimmer
Iñigo Llopis and the Gipuzkoan athletes
Odei Jainaga Y
Teresa Errandonea. “You are an example of sacrifice, dedication and commitment,” said the Lehendakari before visiting the Basque Team facilities.
56 athletes in Tokyo
The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation has officially offered this Friday the list for Tokyo and both the javelin player from Eibartarra
Jainaga (Real Sociedad) as the Irundarra hurdler
Errandonea (Super Amara BAT) are among those selected. In both cases, they have entered by ranking. The final list also includes the marathon runner from Alava Elena Loyo, as well as the Navarrese hurdlers Asier Martínez (110 meters hurdles) and Sergio Fernández (400 meters hurdles).
There will be 56 athletes that the Spanish team has in Tokyo: 32 men and 24 women. This is the highest figure in the last three editions and in the case of women, it equals the time they attended the most, which was in Sydney 2000. Only in Barcelona 1992 (59) and in Sydney (58) there were more. Athletics will be the sport with the highest representation within the Spanish Olympic delegation. The captain will be Jesús Ángel García Bragado (50 kilometers march), who will be in his eighth Games.
Notable on the list are Óscar Husillos (400), Mohamed Katir (5,000), Orlando Ortega (110 meters hurdles), Ana Peleteiro (triple), walkers Álvaro Martín, Diego García and María Pérez and the combinera who trains in Donostia María Vicente .
Carrascal and Tobar, to the European
There will be two other Gipuzkoan athletes who will be international soon. It’s about the jumpers
Eneko Carrascal (Real Sociedad) and
Nora Tobar (Txindoki), who were selected to participate in the U23 European Championship to be held next week in Tallinn (Estonia). He will do the length and triple, while she will contest the height.
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