The Spanish Mohamed Katir showed that he arrives in perfect shape for the World Cups that will start in less than a month in Budapest, after establishing this Friday in Monaco a new European record of the 5.000 metros with a time of 12:45.01 minutes.
Katir, who already signed a new 3,000-meter record on the indoor track last February, lowered the previous European record held by the Norwegian by 3.44 seconds Jakob Ingebrigtsen with a time of 12:48.45 since the year 2021.
All a warning with a view to the next World Cups, despite the fact that Katir, who arrived at the appointment after working in recent weeks at height, could only be fourth in a final in which the Ethiopian won Gebrhiwet of The Hague with a mark of 12:42.18 minutes.
Very far from the world record -12:35.36- that the Ugandan established on this same track in the stadium Louis II in the year 2020, which was the goal of the organizers.
A battle in which the Spanish athlete did not want to enter, who, without getting the rhythm of the Ethiopians and Kenyansalways remained in the leading pack waiting to deliver the final blow in the final meters.
“The other athletes were very strongbut I am also now, so I tried to win until the last meters”, Mohamed Katir explained in statements to the organization, who did not hide that his objective in Monaco was to snatch the European record from Ingebrigtsen.
“Actually, my goal was to achieve the European record, so very happy“, stressed the Murcian athlete, who now only thinks of the Budapert World Cups, after passing, yes, by the Spanish Championships that will be held next week in the Valencian town of Torrent.
“My next goal is to qualify for Budapest in the Spanish Championships, but My biggest goal, obviously, is the World Cups.”concluded Mohamed Katir, who won the bronze medal in the 1,500 in the Eugene World Championships in addition to the silver in the 5,000 in the Europeans in Munich.
2023-07-21 20:27:00
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